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  1. SeaBee
    How's this for irony... I had some minor niggles and decided to ride on Saturday to check them out, rather than run. Status quo, so ride was on again yesterday. First time I rode back-to-back on a weekend since 2017 W2W! And then... riiight towards the end I had a reasonably high-speed bike-ride separation. Bike is okay! Now I can't even feel my niggles compared to the stiffness (and I know I was freakin lucky having walked away like I did...) creeping in. Will hopefully get the chance to go spin some soreness out tonight. Well, it won't help the upper body areas, but at least hips and glutes will get some light work done.
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    Lekker - finals the weekend before Oceans, then we can taper!
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    For those wondering about the run - that route on RBK actually runs even nicer (for me!) than it rides. Long route that is, with that lekker long winding descend - not sure where the sorter routes go, but it's there's a lot of great running options! Cannot join due to having something else on, but it's a real nice run.
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    This sounds exactly like what I had. Gastroscopy showed nothing and in the chat afterwards with the specialist, the truth was revealed in that I had my gall bladder removed many a year ago and this is now causing quite common repercussions. ​Drinking ulsanic now to control the bile pushback into the stomach (because of the lack of the gall bladder) and it seems to work. Quite sure I was more happy to find the cause than the fact that the gastroscopy was (in the end) done unnecessarily.
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    Ehhhrrr... it's on FB - posted 23 Oct on MTB section and 25 Oct on the overall festival page. All the routes, plus elevation.
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    Jewbacca, I'd normally say the same, or Peregrines, but AFAIK the 4% is 10mm drop, which is a bit far off the 0 drop Altra or the 4mm of the Peregrine to just chop and change. But there may be more flexible people in that regard than me.
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    Give it a TRI

    SeaBee replied to Beesrib's topic in Multisport

    Maybe not XTERRA SA, but Stillwater not willing to pay/bend over. Hoping there's another organiser which will still host it - preferably at the same venue!
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    Knowing Andrew, he'll do a couple of runs early Dec to justify the Christmas jollyfications - and follow that up with the taper from there on in. And he'll still be juuuust fine on the day! I'm actually amazed at what you guys do when you put your mind to it!
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    Formula 1...

    SeaBee replied to 'Dale's topic in Chit chat

    They most likely did not want to ruin a perfectly good set of new slicks just for the run-down into the first corner...
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    Candz, just do it! Esp Oceans, the people just carry you. Unless you go out too hard in that first 20 or so, which is easy to do, you get to marathon mark and think... oh, I was stuffed when I did a marathon, now I'm slightly less stuffed with only 2 parkruns (or a parkrun and a 10k!) to go.
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    Hacc, you clearly missed your calling in advertising!
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    I'm as relaxed as you can get when it comes to races, esp since I classify myself as a trail runner. But at least I can climb a bit. Maybe not world-beating, but I keep up with most. And to then have this exact scenario is a bit hard to swallow, as I did in Stb MTB. Guy on e-bike comes breezing past me on a steepish climb, I catch up afterwards, only for him to stop right in the middle of the track at the first switchback...
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    Formula 1...

    SeaBee replied to 'Dale's topic in Chit chat

    Not "no free practice" - they already had two sessions today. No Saturday running. Only FP3 not happening and quali moved.
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    With my luck, the water will go "pop" in any of the three other directions than the one it's meant and designed to pop...
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    MacOS Catalina

    SeaBee replied to Cois's topic in Chit chat

    Can't upgrade. Using desktop Lightroom and PSE, with some of the launch components being 32-bit... Unless I find another option for photo editing, which I haven't really looked too hard for being at ease with those two, I'm sort-of stuffed.
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    Now that's just wrong...
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    Dave, that's almost what I'm more upset about. 122 out of 342 tests is done in one week. And they only test 220-odd on the pro's during the remaining 51 weeks of the year. In a sport where "size does matter"... To add to what Andrew said - the fact that they only found 16 is laughable. Personal opinion.
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    Am I correct in my thinking that DiscoBank is still only open for migration and not new account, such as a savings/transactional account for junior?
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    Sorry, but am |I reading that report correctly... In our country where they play rugby year-round, have a truckload of players to test - they only tested 342 over the entire year?! If they just look at most school first teams and the way those "boys" look nowadays... wait, I'd rather shut up before I get shot.
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    Candz, I hope your silence means you're still sifting through the photo's! Or have I missed your reply? How was the first one?
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    Haha, mine should've been in comics font - I joked with Ronnie's "crawl"... I was very happy with my time and would have been happy with it even if I was feeling good! Having not felt good in the lead-up and having the niggle returning (which you can clearly see in my splits) I am actually over the moon with my time. And despite everything, and maybe because I was aware of not feeling top of the pops, I ended the run feeling good and never felt so good after any marathon - even today the stiffness is nowhere compared to my usual agony shuffle up the stairs. (I am deliberately not mentioning down!) A colleague also just said that I really don't look like somebody that ran yesterday. I expected the hip to stiffen up during the day - nothing! I am sooo baffled about that.
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    I also managed to crawl in at 3:46... But having told a friend of mine the afternoon before that I'm feeling so crappy that I'm most likely not even going to make sub-4 and expecting to do another run to quali for Oceans (if I do it) I am very happy with it. Which was the point where I grabbed some wine and stopped worrying about it. Lo and behold, all was fine, hip became a bit of a beach later on, but I'm happy with what transpired. And ironically, after the shower my hip felt better than it had in months! Even now... Who says running don't cure injuries?!
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    Candz, just enjoy it! And bugger the rest, take pics. You'll never again run a first marathon! I run (and ride) with my phone and often can be found in the middle of "races" taking pics. You should've seen me on (esp.) my first Oceans! All the best, enjoy it - and I want to see some of YOUR pics on this thread afterwards...
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    Agree with Jewbacca - and if you entered for this, you did not plan to go smash the marathon anyways. And the TR is not technical. Just enjoy it! The medical kit recommendation comes with every trail run. And don't worry, a friend did the Oceans TR followed by the Ultra the next day a year or two ago. She still klapped the ultra in under 5:30 if I remember correctly. And Oceans TR is a somewhat different beast.
  25. SeaBee
    Uil, since you have a MTB, do yourself a favor and go pop in Adventure Cycles and pick up a permit for Wild Boar trails. They'll also be a good place to chat to regarding possible groups.
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