Marshals For Week of:
07 Dec 2008

2008-05-15

It's raining and windy here in Cape Town so the motivation levels go up and down. Up when you wake up, and down when you look outside to see driving rain... For the 12th day in a row!! But still it beats riding on an indoor trainer, so I don the wet weather gear and hit the road.

Moving to a new area, I don't know my way around that well yet, but I know where some good climbs are, like Ou kaapse Weg (old Cape Way) and Chapmans Peak, which is a very fast climb. There is also a climb called Kommetjie, and Slaangkop, and both of these are short, but nice and steep. Good for intervals!

My job is also going well. I don't really need to work, but you start to lose your mind when you finish training and sit in a flat all day long. Ideally, I go training at about 7am and try get some miles in with spinning being my focus. Then I ride past my apartment, grab my bag with clothes and food and ride 7km to work, at Cycle Lab Northgate. Then I hit the showers, grab a coffee, and do my stretches. By now I'm ready to go, and hit the floor to sell some bikes. (or at least try to..)

So things are generally going well. I'm not in any killer form as yet, but there is no urgency as I've still got something in me from the Summer Season, so now I just have to keep the legs going. My next race after a lengthy break is in Knysna (pronounced Nysner) and I'll be racing for my new team, Cosmotek doing an MTB 80km on Saturday followed by 100km road on Sunday! Bring it on!

I hope you are all still riding hard? I'm going to catch the finish of the Giro D'italia...