So it is a couple of weeks after Sani and things have quieted down a bit. Well sort of. I do miss the riding, and I miss the people. But I am also glad to be home again. And I’ve been keeping busy.
Work started with a bang. And is still going strong. Luckily a couple of late nighters and early mornings in the office never killed anyone.
I seem to have picked up a bit of a knee issue at Sani. The last day I had a bit of pain, but pressed through it. Apparently I might have done a bit of damage. Nevertheless, I know a couple of good physios, so will sort it out with rehab and rest.
After Sani we went to Hermanus for the weekend with my church small group. Hermanus is a cool place. The trails in the Hemel en Aarde Valley is really nice. Go ride it. This is the first time I rode with Kobus and man was it fun! He recently acquired a Giant Trance, and he knows how to ride it like it is stolen. Riding with him is fun. And I really look forward to jamming it with him.
Alicia and I did moonlightmass on Sunday, but this was a bit bigger than we thought. Moonlightmass started as a social experiment on twitter, and is an awareness ride styled on the critical mass movement that takes place every month on full moon. Basically you cruise from under the Green Point circle to the waterfront, down the promenade, back along the fanwalk, up Long Street, down Loop and then end in Greenmarket square for a beer and pizza. Well we skipped the beer and pizza. But it was pretty fun. There was about 900people (guesstimate) of all shapes and sizes and walks of life. Even Helen Zille joined in. This was the first time Alicia rode a bike since school, and to be honest I don’t think it was the right place to get started, but nevertheless, she persevered like a champ. People were pretty much riding all over the show and weaving like crazy (think Argus at the back) so Alicia was pretty nervous almost the whole time. But I am proud of her. Maybe we’ll try it again if she is more confident on the bike, and preferably not on my jumpbike.
I did a Tablemountain ride last weekend, and for the joke I did most of the ride in one gear. Turns out it is doable on one gear ratio, and pretty fun at that too. So now I don’t have an excuse to not finish building my single speeder. I need to work on the Merida anyway, and I have time on Saturday, so I reckon I’ll be finishing most of it on Saturday.
I started jogging again, but uphill it is more like fast walking. Anyway... last night I went for a little run in Tablemountain (I really love this mountain) and halfway up Kloofnek (cycling up is a lot easier than jogging it up) I realised it is getting dark. Oops. Luckily I’m not afraid of the dark and bargained that the lack of lights in the mountain will aid my night vision. It worked. The light rain that started falling just added to the ambience. It was glorious! Trail running is fun. Trail running in the night with rain is amazing. At the furthest point on the run I stopped to look out over the city. With the slight rain in the air, all the lights seemed softer. It was beautiful. Later on last night we caught a bunch of guys breaking into a car. I chased after the one, but he got away. Too much running for one night. Luckily we caught his mate inside the car still and he got arrested.
Looking forward I have a Eselfontein weekend with Werner and a couple of downhillers coming up. Should be interesting, and the weekend after that it is the Gans Baai race. This is one of my favourite races and I am really looking forward to this. If I can sort out the knee and do enough hill training in the meantime I should have a decent pair of legs for this race. Bring on the race face! To top it off we are getting a lekker crew together for the weekend, so it is looking good.
But in the meantime, I think a Tokai ride is in order. With half of the local MTB’ers off to Robertson for the Wacky Wine race, I reckon we might have the trails to ourselves.
Cheers all
Hopefully I’ll see some of you on the mountain.
Philip
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