http://www.tricape.com South Africa Triathlon blog Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:42:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been very quiet with this blog. One of the reasons is that I am working on triathlon team and say NO to drafting. Check them out. http://www.tricape.com/triathlon-team/ Our house in Stellenbosch was broken into last night. Amongst few other things my bicycle was stolen. I am looking for my bike, it is a - black aluminum Specialized S-Works Transition, medium size - Dura-Ace Shimano groupset - Look KEO pedals - Mavic training wheels - Powertap (with wires) - Oval A900 handlebars - step is adjustable ... http://www.tricape.com/stolen-bike-specialized-s-works-transition-dura-ace-oval-handlebars-and-powertap/ As usual on Friday many emails were being sent back and forth arranging the week-end cycles. I am currently “a retired triathlete” at the moment a combination of lack of sponsorship and rebuilding my business has taken away the luxury of my racing at the moment. I have recently put ... http://www.tricape.com/spread-the-love-on-valentines-day-in-memory-of-colin-van-schalkwyk/ Woke up at 4:00 am and joined Dan Hugo on his drive to his third Totalsports Challenge race. Past two he won but this one was not so sure for him because there was an Australian adventure race champion. Dan did not paddle much lately but he still managed to stay ... http://www.tricape.com/dan-hugo-wins-totalsports-challenge-2009/ It had been a hard winter in Cape Town and many sacrifices were made along the way to fulfil this dream of mine that has been there since I first learnt about triathlon. Indeed, my highschool physical education teacher had raced there, and seeing the potential I had from running ... http://www.tricape.com/tricape-race-report-ironman-hawaii-by-raoul-de-jongh/ Wow, I feel like I have awoken from a dream. Just over two months ago I and now amazing friend Vivienne Fenton decided we would take part in The Cape Odyssey. Since the introduction of this race last year this has been a dream of mine. A very big thank ... http://www.tricape.com/team-amawele-on-an-odyssey-journey/ "Seconds out, round number threeee ..." Yup, I am starting to feel a little punch drunk from racing repeatedly and on Sunday morning I was more like a boxer scared to come out of his corner than a triathlete about to start a race. I certainly have new found respect ... http://www.tricape.com/bsgenergade-series-round-3/ How can something so small hurt so much? That was the question I asked myself before the deciding to do the BSG\Energade triathlon series this year. Perhaps my memory is fading with old age because back in my cycling days the hardest event was the 1000m time trial, perhaps even ... http://www.tricape.com/bsgenergade-tri-series-report/ Male 1 ) Craig Alexander 8:17:45 2 ) Eneko Llanos Burguera 8:20:50 3 ) Rutger Beke 8:21:23 4 ) Ronnie Schildknecht 8:24:46 5 ) Cameron Brown 8:26:17 6 ) Patrick Vernay 8:30:23 7 ) Andy Potts 8:33:50 8 ) Mathias Hecht 8:34:02 9 ) Michael Lovato 8:34:47 10 ) Eduardo Sturla 8:36:53 11 ) Al-Sultan, Faris 8:39:32 12 ) Stadler Normann 8:44:04 13 ... http://www.tricape.com/ironman-world-championship-2008-results/ Conrad Stoltz is uploading photos to his flickr.com account from Kona, Hawaii. His fiancée Amber Monforte (web.mac.com/AmberMonforte) will race Ironman World Championship tomorrow. More info on Ironman World Champs will follow... http://www.tricape.com/conrad-stoltz-kona-photos/