Heading out to Zimbali for a couple of days. Since I have neither BlackBerry nor laptop, chances are that I will only be putting anything up on here on Sunday when I get back. Byeeeee!
I want a new bicycle
This one in fact. A Silverback Monterey. Full 105 (like my current bike) but is has a 10 speed casette instead of my 9, is lighter and sexy.
I have always wanted a training bike (my current) and a lighter, better, racing bike.
Now to get my head in the right place to spend R12k on this.
Rest day
December 13th, 2009 
siviwe After 4 continuous days of riding, I thought it prudent to stay off the bike today. While it took some effort to not go riding, a bit of a cold that I am picking up and the itchy pain in my legs assisted with the decision. At the moment, I am grateful I didn’t ride. Especially after yesterday’s ordeal.
The 100km that wasn’t
December 11th, 2009 siviwe I wake up at 3h30 to get ready for the 4h30 ride. No sms from Sean, so I sms him. He gives me some girly excuse about a cold or some other rubbish. Luckily, Dereck was still keen and let me know when they were climbing my local hill. He was joined by two chicks, and already I started thinking this was going to be a nice and easy ride. I was so wrong.
Health Check
December 10th, 2009 siviwe I just did one of them Discovery Vitality health checks. Since I’ve been lazy and fat this year, it’s been a bit of a struggle to get to the required 45000 points to keep Gold Vitality status. One of the things I hadn’t done this year is one of these health check things. A bit worrying since I’ve mostly been drinking and not exercising much this year.
MTN is crap!
December 10th, 2009 siviwe 
My trackball on my BlackBerry wouldn’t move left, so last Friday (04/12/2009) I took my phone in to the MTN service centre at the new mall. I was told it needed to be sent to Jhb, and would take between 3 and 15 days to fix. I complained that this is an excessive amount of time, to which the guy said sometimes it does take the 3 days so I should just call to confirm.
30km easy spin
December 10th, 2009 siviwe Either am getting fit again, or was tired enough to not push on the ride and just enjoy it. Nice and slow, to flush some lactic acid out of my system. Swung by the bike shop and got them to “fix” my gears. Noone in this town seems able to get it right.
So I finally watched him as he did it, so that I would know what to tweak. Also asked a whole bunch of questions. It seemed to work reasonably well on the bike stand, however not as well on the ride back home. I will be quizzing him again when I go back there in a bit. At least now I won’t have to put up with paying useless bike shops, and can tweak my settings to what I want.
Tomorrow we’re supposed to ride 100km, but Sean is getting sick and my left knee is starting to hurt. So we’ll see.
I want a new bicycle
December 10th, 2009 siviwe This one in fact. A Silverback Monterey. Full 105 (like my current bike) but is has a 10 speed casette instead of my 9, is lighter and sexy.
I have always wanted a training bike (my current) and a lighter, better, racing bike.
Now to get my head in the right place to spend R12k on this.
Cinemin Swivel
December 10th, 2009 siviwe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxOTeiMMFg8&feature=player_embedded
I HAVE to get one!
The World’s Shortest and Best Fairy Tale
December 10th, 2009 siviwe Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl “Will you marry me? ” The girl said, “NO!” And the guy lived happily ever after and went fishing and hunting and played around a lot and drank beer and Captain and Cokes whenever he wanted.
THE END
Courtesy of Cliff Hazell
Training for IronMan 70.3
December 9th, 2009 siviwe No, not the whole thing; just the cycle. Which is 90km return-trip, and it’s not the pleasant route they could have chosen.
