The Bull Shark

So, how was the weather, and was it cold during the night? I think the numbers were down because this time of the year Oak Valley is freezing at night. They should stay with the late Jan, early Feb timeframe. As for me, still emotionally and physically drained. We drove up and down. At least we were able to see the Ironman.

Was planning to, but my old man passed away on Monday morning and we have to drive up to PE for the funeral this coming Monday.

Looks a lot like my BMC SLX01 2009 frame.

Rode some of these trails this past weekend. Really impressed.

He crashed alone, which would probably suggest that he had the cardiac arrest and then fell, but we will not know until the investigation is complete.

You have my support when you need it. Don't be shy.

That's the thing about divorce. Everyone just can't go on in their merry ways like before. Everyone must make sacrifices. Even the children.

It seems I will miss PR. Doing sweeping work for a schools MTB cycling camp this weekend.

QS team is built up around good one day classic riders. Off course they will be good on classics. Come the time of the Grand Tours, they will struggle, and the other teams will shine.

Nice racing though. Intense. Told my son to move to Belgium after he is finished with his studies and go ride there.

Did you see how wide the tyres were that Niki was using? Must have been wider than 30mm.

I find it increasingly unbearable to play any MMO. Currently playing WoT, and the ping is 350ms at best, and some evenings go to 900ms, at which point I have to call it quits. Sometimes it just sucks living in the sticks.

See you there. I will be at the feeding zone in the Junior Men race, and then enjoying some grub under the trees afterwards.

I am **** scared of cat eyes. I avoid them like the plague.

That looks like my legs when I was 18.

Frail was/is a special kind of crazy.

There is a 2 year initial contract. So be ready next year again.

Mmm. These deals always comes through after I splashed money on cycling stuff. In this case, a new R42K MTB for the wife. Oh well.

If you rode on the road between Rooi-Els and Betties, then the new surface on Chappies is peanuts. At first I thought the rough surface would cause more resistance, but last night I saw that I got my PB on the Chappies descent, beating my 2016 time by 16 secs.

This rider will soon tell us all.

I also started in 3D, but must have dodged/missed this one.

Landy Whenever you are in that dark hole, please talk. An old school friend of mine took his own life last Sunday. He was also divorced for many years and never remarried. Most of us suspect that he was suffering from depression and was hiding it very well. He used to be the joker in the class.

I went for the trailer with the Chinese chow. Queue was short, but each order took longer.

Thanks to Pure Savage my son was able to do a lot more road races late last year, and as a result his bunch riding improved tremendously. He is not as scared of bunch riding anymore as he used to be.

A few things they need to look at for next time:- 1. To little crowd control. People were crossing the track everywhere, and mostly because there were not enough controlled crossing points. 2. The queues at the food stalls were way too long. The Spur tent at the rock garden ran out of food already during the women's race. 3. Temporary viewing stands at the rock garden and Pick Up Sticks would allow more spectators to view the action.