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    high pressure hose for the win. Preferably in a friends driveway...
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    I ran in salomon for many years. I still have a pair now. I had a short stint in Hoka speedboats and they were good as well but didn't last off trail running. The last few years I have been rotating between Nike Pegasus trail and Adidas terex speed ultra 240's. Pegasus trail is what killed salomon for me. I bought brand new salomons and them at the same time and comfort and grip wise I just never went for the salomons again. The Pegasus is my day to day training shoe. They last really well as well. The adidas terex are good fast race shoes and also really sturdy considering how light they are. You can often pick up Adidas on sale as well.
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    will have to look into this a bit more, thank you
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    I track them as notes in trainingpeaks for coach so he knows why it is all red Interesting to check for danger weeks, now I am diving through my data to find my danger week. Turns out it is the week between christmas and new years. I blame being social... So for analytics trainingpeaks will allow you to export to excel. Then you reference a master excel from powerbi/google notebooks and build your monitoring dash and analytics there. I have exported the last 5 years now into a single book and every few months or before/after big events. I just dump the latest data into the master excel. It is over analyses of the highest order, but it is also just who I am and what my professional skillset encompasses. I would screenshot but I am far from the pc with that dashboard on it. What is good is that I have running totals avaialble for time and distance compared to the same date previous years and breakdowns and waterfalls with dominant sport. basically I have the year in sport as a running total. But for the threads sake, it was a good year with 45/45/10 run cycle paddle split. Even better knowing there was 6 weeks with nearly no training after ARWC...
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    I am taking a year off AR, so I am going to have a crack at comrades and a marathon. I have never run a road marathon or road ultra, but he distance is well well within what I have run before on trail. The challenge will be the pace It has been fun working on the pace and the threshold pace so far. I am hoping to run dolphin coast marathon in March as a qualifier. Coach is excited as this is really his focus area. I have been on gardening leave for around 3 months now, half of which was used at ARWC and recovering from that. Otherwise I have been working like a builder/ farm laborer and actually did a fair amount of paddling last year so I have about 4kg of upper body muscle to try waste away by March. It will be an interesting year, something a little less crazy and a little more focused than usual.
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    I am privileged to live in an area where I can get a 30km loop on gravel in and I know most the laborers farmers along the way. So for training sake I ride alone a lot. It is either rouvy on the trainer or the dirt. Weekends and longer rides I have some very well positioned routes that are also fairly safe. Running it is the same, luckily I have neighboring farms to run so I can get a good 10km in without leaving a private farm now. Riding singletrack is not somethign I need to have. 90% of gauteng singletrack is flat winding trash to try squeeze extra km's on a small property. all it does is make strava to look like I threw up spaghetti. Doing true te4chnical riding alone just adds risk. It also helps with my schedule, with a baby in the house, I either go stoopid early or take a lunch time nap gap. I have also planned routes around avoiding potential ambush areas, I prefer wide open dirt roads where you can see anyone coming from at least 5-10m. Safety tracking wise- Whatsapp live location is very under rated. You no doubt have your phone anyway. The Mrs enjoys the convenience. I send her a link as I leave the house so she also knows when I started running/riding.
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    The Munga 2023

    dave303e replied to JohanDiv's topic in Events

    just to put this in context.... Nicky raced 197 hours and 930km at Adventure Racing World Champs in October. She then won the ladies race at Sani stagger a few weeks after that. Munga was a last minute entry...
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    There was a an attempted theft of a fortuner in the carpark there on Sat morning as well. about 30m from the 'security guards.'
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    GX AXS all the way... I have not adjusted my gears once in over 18 months and it hasn't missed a beat. My derailleur took a direct hit from a BMW GS 1200 and still shifted perfectly for the rest of the ride(200km) and I didn't even need to change the hanger/dropout. In a world of 1x drivetrains you have access to data to see how much time your were in which gear and workout the perfect size chainring to run for that area and your fitness.
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    Carry 24/7, not just on a bike. That 33% unemployment means there are millions of starving desperate people out there. Back a dog into a corner and you will see it's teeth, when a 3rd of the population is backed into a financial corner then you know there are plenty teeth out there.
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    I would rather throw my bike at them and as they catch it draw and end the issue. If you get knocked off your bike, you are now separate to your gun... not ideal. Daily carry guns should be cleaned and oiled regularly and glocks are mostly plastic anyway.
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    https://www.511tactical.com/select-carry-pistol-pouch.html you can at least keep it concealed with quick access with the above. Not the fastest draw, but certainly not bad.
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    We were pushing hard till the climb out of baviaanskloof, lost a team member to covid on that section. Poor guy, nothing he could do, and not many would have made it as far and fast as he did with Covid... We slept 3x as much in the last 2 legs as we did for the first 7 legs and the pace was slow as we were just aiming for the finish(unofficial). I have been flat since, run a few times, no major niggles, just feeling pap. Even the day after, I was not stiff, just moeg. My team mate has won a marathon since WC somehow, but she is supernatural. I am taking December off and then will reassess racing in January. There is too much that I am not happy about in the sport which is seriously detracting from and ambition of racing and the local calendar is just not going to work. The closest event next year will take longer to travel too and from than it will to actually race. Which given there are 6 events and I live close to the largest settlement and majority of the population in SA. It is a joke. So I will probably start building for an ultra or 2 in biking and running and put away the AR for a bit...
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    that is a lot of bike for the rands...
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    How has the recovery been your side? That was a proper course.
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    ya I would say that is a good plan, but just be aware if you have any slight issues now, when you start to ramp up distance come Feb/March you will be needing that shot a long time before the race. If you going to stick with this plan, get to the physio now and start working on loosening it up and strengthening the imbalance causing it and hopefully you start in time to be able to last long enough to have the shot just before the race. But good luck with it all and let us know how it goes.
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    Honestly, you need to back right off running, do the physio work and sort your hip flexors out( I will put money that a good masseuse will make you cry with a well aimed elbow to the hip flexors). Remember the cortisone will help for ~6 weeks, then you will be back at square one and the second one doesn't work near as well. I was very aggressive and had surgery for an ITB that got so bad I couldn't walk across a mall without it hurting. It was what I thought was best for my personal position back then, if I had it now I would take a few months off and do the work because you have to do the physio and bio work for months anyway. The surgery was 100% success for me, but that is my case and operations are always to be avoided if possible. My 2c, comrades will still be there in 2025, take a few months with very minimal running and maximal bio and physio work. Spend some time on the bike(often the bike doesn't aggravate it at all) and then re look at upping distance when it is sorted. My doc explained to me that the ITB is like a steel cable, you don't sommer just stretch that puppy out quickly, it takes time. If all else fails, go chat with Dr Barrow the knee surgeon, or Dr Barrow the Physio, you should come right between the 2 of them.
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    Something to think about with pepper spray, pepper spray paintballs, knives and batons and any other non/less lethal weapons cyclists and general population are being sold. Don't waste your time, the odds of you being hurt are higher. If you going to carry something, make sure the thing you carry will 100% end the confrontation like a legal firearm in well trained hands(big disclaimer - in well trained hands). Because when your pepper spray doesn't quite hit the mark, their knife/gun will and they will be extra aggressive- case and point above. Thankfully the cyclist is still alive above, they were really lucky... If you are going to carry a weapon, you better be well trained and competent in using it and all above board legally. Otherwise carry nothing at all, hand the bikes over with no fight and save the fight for dealing with insurance the next day rather.
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    saw a video the other day of some guys that stole our cattle(we recovered the cows from them a month back, that is another hard to believe story). Anyway this guy got off lightly, the cattle thieves stole the wrong madala's cows and lets just say it looked more like a soccer match and I won't be surprised if they are not buried somewhere after that. But these videos do make you realise that karma sometimes does work wonders...
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    what makes longer rides worse(and even worse if you are an adventure racer) is that you usually end up carrying more, which leads to heavier packs and more weight into the saddle...
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    Top class bibs that fit well do a lot of good and for anything up to 100km mtb/gravel you don't need bum cream. But start stretching past 200km mtb rides and you will be reaching for the bum cream. Get through that 500km zone and you will be raw without it.
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    Used to be a squirrel's nut butter ambassador, that contract is long gone but I still use their products left right and center because they do work really well. Chafe cream for running, chamois cream for long rides(9 hours+) and foot cream for big runs... I have to agree with OP and smells though. Mycota foot cream for athlete's foot makes me literally gag.
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    We get small batch roasted from the farmers market in Silverton Pretoria, couldn't tell you the name off hand to be honest...
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    So what are everyone's thoughts on decaf coffee... For medical reasons I am limiting caffeine intake to pretty much 0. I have the odd coca cola after a big run. The first few weeks were hell, very sleepy most afternoons and just felt flat, but after that it came around and I feel 100% again. In fact I am off all reflux meds and am generally a lot better with minimal reflux in my life. But it was a big change. We have a bean to cup machine, I usually drink americano with a little warm milk. We drink raw dairy swiss milk so milky coffee gets very rich very quick. I must say being on decaf I still drink as many cups, if not more, but it has really changed my life for better. It does really show the routine addiction though, still wake up and dive for that coffee machine...
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    My 2c and unprofessional opinion. I have done less and furnished a 100 miler. It was not pretty but I have that belt buckle and cherish it. I took my mind to many dark places that day and the finish time was not something to be proud of. If you just want to finish, you will be ok. Just be ready for a long really tough day out...
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