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Have had a really good streaming experience thus far with the app. Baffles me that a relatively new comer to the world of live sports streaming can produce a user experience far superior to that of DSTV, who have been doing so (trying) for years. During Strade Bianche I only experienced one interruption, which was actually mentioned by the commentators, and thus was a feed issue and not an app issue. DSTV streams often drop and then when relaunching, usually end up a few minutes delayed from the actual live feed.

I see that the Strava connection was disconnected, reconnected now and it's pulling in the old data. Thanks.

Hi David, Thanks again for a great tool! I recently updated my account to have a username and password (instead of the previous auto login from Strava). It still imports data from strava, but all my history is now gone?

You will also save some time on the long downhill after that if you descend in daylight, can be quite daunting with just a light in darkness, complete different experience during the day.

Anybody else doing UTCT? I'm also in for the little 25km.

Is it confirmed that TOGH is no longer? And this is the new pre CTCT tour?

I use a Cateye volt, and purchased something similar to this item which works great: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Tek-Headlight-Computer-Rechargeable/dp/B07KMQX5PN

Seeing as there are a few ultra athletes on here. I'd like to get some thoughts and tricks on what you guys use for nutrition on the trails, specifically with reuse in mind, i.e. no plastic wrappers and such. I've experimented with some rice cakes before, and that will continue to be my go to for longer runs. I am keen to try some mash potato recipes, but the challenge with this is that it may not pack too easily into a foil wrap. I see lots of peeps use ziplocks and just bite off a corner and off they go, but that doesn't fit with the reuse plan. I have seen some reusable food pouches for baby food, which seem to be what I'm looking for, but they are all a bit too small (intended for baby's of course), but can't seem to find any of these which would carry enough. My next thought is perhaps buying another soft flask (the salomon one with bigger opening), and using that (exclusively for food), but that would come with some admin to fill as well as clean. Any thoughts or ideas?

I ran in the TSSL Paul Cluver race on Sunday, where they had staggered starts throughout the day, from 6am to 12pm. You choose a 1 hour slot to arrive in before the race, then after arriving and having your temperature taken, you start the race at the next 15 minute start time. This seemed to work pretty well and I quite preferred it, very little traffic on the course, no queues for coffee or toilets at the start/finish. I would imagine your race would follow a similar setup.

Great response and I really appreciate the insights, it helps a lot. The job is with one of the big 4, and I have a figure in mind which I believe is fair, although well below the 1.5X amount. I think I will stick with that, however see if I can get commitment for a review 3-6 months after arrival.

Thanks for all the responses! My question is really geared towards what I should be asking for as a salary for a like for like switch between the 2 countries, trying to equip myself to ensure I don't sell myself short. Although I would take a cut (relative) if it meant I could secure the move sooner rather than later. I am a senior in the IT systems engineering space, and my current expectation was an increase of 20%, but based on above perhaps it should be more. I understand that there are many factors to consider, however at the end of the day my motivation for the question was to set myself a target for negotiations.

While we're doing some comparisons between income and spending between SA and NZ, how would you guys see salaries compared like for like between the country's. I saw above mention of R750k would roughly translate to R1.2M ($110k) in NZ. Not sure if this was just used for the purposes of the example, but what are your guys thoughts on this? I'm sure it would differ from industry to industry.

I find it a bit of a pain really, normally I just screenshot my phone and then crop out the "borders" so that only the image remains. Only other way I am aware of is to share the actual instagram post as a link.

Nino apparently took a big fall on the tar which the camera's didn't seem to catch, at least I haven't seen any footage. Struggled to find his rhythm after that. Hopefully he finds his legs for the XCO.

Reyes just didn't seem to get going, very disappointing after such a promising rise and super close fight with Jones. I'm not all that stoked about what the LHW division has to offer since Jones is going to HW. I suspect we will see the belt change owners relatively frequently in the next few years. Adesanya/Costa went more or less how I expected, but I did expect Costa to be a bit more aggressive. Easy to say from the sidelines though, when someone as skilled as Adesanya can slip the big punches with relative ease. Costa was visibly frustrated with his inability to touch him, and he goes home humbled.