Have you ever noticed how road cycling and coffee seem to go hand in hand. Roadies seem to be drawn to coffee emporiums and seldom arrange a ride without planning at least one stop for a cup of their favourite drink. But do they know how to brew the perfect brew or will they accept [...]

Between Cape Town’s notorious winter weather and being really sick I have hardly managed to do any training let alone blog entries since my last attempt at both nearly two weeks ago.   It is easy to work my training schedule around the weather. If it’s cold, add layers, if it’s raining go to the [...]

In my last entry I mentioned that I had bought a tri bike, which is more or less accurate except that I have been spelling it wrong. More correctly I now believe it should be called a Try Bike.  I have had to try to get comfy on it, try to keep it upright when all [...]

At the end of every Month I look forward to receiving my new training plan from the gurus at mytrainingday.com. It is always fun to look at what and how much I am scheduled to be doing during the next 4 or 5 weeks. My new plan for July arrived in my e-mail on Friday [...]