From the Fridge to the Sauna

A beautiful and crisp morning greeted us as we left Ladismith. I left my arm warmers in the bag and paid for it. The first part of the race was downhill on road and I was actually shivering until the climbing started. We passed thru a beautiful valley with the classic African tree standing atop the ridge like a sentinal watching us pass.




It was mainly pace lines until we passed Ronnie’s sex shop and headed into Leopard Rock Game reserve. There are all kinds of things you can use as chamois cream when in a pinch.




The reserve was mainly flat with endless sand traps. That’s fine if you are golfing but trying to ride them is like having your tires go completely flat then instantly re-inflate. You slow down, lose control; pedal hard and get a mall break until the next one.



Just a couple of climbs that were quite enjoyable (i thinkit's sick that climbs become enjoyable). Darrell and I had several rather good conversations on the way up and could be heard yelling Weeeeeeeeee on the way down,


Shade is at a primium in South Africa, you take it where ever it is. Her we are re-hashing the day with our buddies from Germany




Every night they have local musician play during dinner. This isa drummng group. The three guys up front were just givin' it.




Check this out! This is one of the mobile watering units they use at check points. Alll the water, 80,000 liters is brought from one spot and they have large flow hoses out the back. One is water and one is powerade. You can get you camelback filled in seconds with either.




Well another day another saddle sore.

Jeff and Darrell