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  1. When it comes to fuels its always tricky as we all react differently to products. For me its been cyctomax for yours but of late my Mrs and I have been using Tailwind and must say its been fine for us .
  2. Iron

    Give it a TRI

    how to put life and race stress into perspective ......
  3. followed my mate via his wife with updates and vidoes ect of his Karkloof 100miler , he managed 6th overall 21h39 hours. om in ore of these guys from the winners to the ones who just made it, totally amazing achievement. what a amazing event . condolences to the runner who passed
  4. nice one , well good luck looking after your runner. kind of cool being part of a team to get a person through .
  5. more than anything i will need to get my head right first to grasp the training millage, one day when im big or mature or nuts ... never the less its a huge achievement to anyone
  6. bliksim , respect to you guys who do this , that is f^@#$%^ far to run
  7. i got a mate doing the Karkloof 100 miler this weekend , anyone here know or doing it ?
  8. Well done Bud , this was my first real trail run and went in with no expectation except that i was going to climb ALLOT, i kept myself within my limits the whole run and the irony was that the climbing was not my problem but the descending destroyed me, managed 2:18 in the end. i loved the trail running and will do more but need to work on going down , i had guys passing me like i was standing still . found it very humbling and gained a massive amount of respect for these fast guys . well done to all who did the trail and marathon
  9. Me , decided as my wife is running the 42 on the sun and we in CA i want to go sight see the mountains so why not run/hike/walk them .
  10. these two points , please take note of them, dont listen to you friends who say xyz shoes are the best , go find what works for you.
  11. FYI for those who like tights but dont want all the " hey sexy " whistling from the street corners i bought a pair of these from Decathlone at R229 been using them for about 2 weeks now . has a pre built lycra insert in them and super comfy also they a bit longer than normal running shorts so dont feel like hot pants
  12. ridden alone more times than i can remember , just carry a cell and always be smart enough to tell someone important where you are and what time you expected home , i have had a friend hit a jackall and its did not end well for him so please be safe on the fast descends
  13. Umm . this is note true , originally it was designed to run on the new 11speed microspline cassette ( these cassettes have since been discontinued before they even launched ) with a RDM9100SGS for the enduro riders . the actuation of this shifter wont work on the current 11speed rd's and the new XT and SLX no longer have this function . this is my understanding ............ this layout was
  14. Agreed , this in my option is a monumental F.....up . the 40km guys are supposedly provided with a shuttle service to get back to there cars from the finish , we all know the traffic nightmare this race creates so i feel those poor dudes will get back to their cars by sunset ...........maybe.
  15. i cant run that far, then she beats me and i have to make coffee or something silly for a year a hear
  16. Damb Dude, this has even motivated me to want to run this thing ...............
  17. nail on head !! had this same conversation a while back. the rest of the world build up to marathons and its a big deal ( berlin - london ect marathons ) they have never heard of comrads, in Sa the first thing you get asked as a runner is have you run comrads ,as a mountain biker , have you done epic and as a roadie have you done argus . it blows my mind that if as athlete if you have a brelin or worlds cross country mountain biking thats not really important . us saffers are odd
  18. a new subject : Has anyone here done the Wolkberg two day trail run ? https://www.wolkbergtrailrun.com/ im super keen on the woodbushtrail . just some thought if anyone has been before
  19. just jumping in if you dont mind, i have had kinvara and freedoms , kinvara is a race shoes and does not like millage, its light and fast, my freedoms i have had two pairs 1st and second generation and i prefer the second generation , the upper is a tiny bit more supportive. i prefer the suppleness of the soul of the freedoms but then again i am a toothpick so im light on shoes. millage out of interest : last kinvara 479km only 1st gen freedoms 985km and still in use i enjoy the freedoms so much that i train and race in them now only. just my two cents of random crap
  20. hope you feel better Mattie, i had the same thing yesterday at Birchwood , my gut stated at 16km and hit me hard , spend the whole of the rest of yesterday in bed . keep hydrated and goodluck
  21. And swimmers , the group of old ballies that swim with us kick our asses every morning in the gym
  22. and there you have the difference between runners and cyclist . Runners just plain humble and unassuming
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