Category Archives: Cape Pioneer Trek 2011

The biggest day of the CPT didn’t finish well. But it started well! Starting out at 7am, half an hour earlier than usual, we headed on to the beach for about 6km of wave dodging. The tide was quite high … Continue reading →

Leaving a thankfully dry and wind still Albertinia we headed out into the far outposts of the Western Cape toward Mosselbay. At least they still get KFM here not Radio Algoa! Bunch riding at the start if these stages is … Continue reading →

Well. Here we are by the grace of what’s left of our sense of humour. What a “rest” day. Supposedly the second easiest day of the CPT turned nasty courtesy of the weather. About 20 minutes before the gun the … Continue reading →

What can be said of today’s romp through the “little” Karoo? Probably quite a bit if didn’t all blur into one! At one of the many hilltops we crested today someone commented that it (the view??) was beautiful. But there … Continue reading →

I won’t be mentioning the VMO thing in this blog. Er, oops. The thing that may not be mentioned. And so the first stage of the race is in the bag. It took quite a bit of effort though, to … Continue reading →

What a week. With the start of the Cape Pioneer Trek fast approaching everything fell apart. What is up with stuff, be it bio-mechanics or ordinary old machines, that just know when it would the most inconvenient time to go … Continue reading →

And so six months of training comes down the this. The final two weeks. The taper. The rise to peak form. The approach to the start chute. This is it! Lets get real for a moment. For starters, what is … Continue reading →