Hello all, here are some pictures from our latest training ride (22nd of January 2011).
Enjoy (the pained faces!)
MT
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Weekend training ride
Hello all, here are some pictures from our latest training ride (22nd of January 2011).
Enjoy (the pained faces!)
MT
Monday, January 17, 2011
Namaacha training run
Namacha training ride Sunday 16th of January 2011.
Four intrepid cyclists set out from boane to conquer the Namaacha hills for the first time this year, in preparation for the upcomming races of the season (Mozambique Nationals and Barberton MTB).
Patrick with his new sunglasses, No-Evil Eye
Ian Epic, Matt CMC and Patrick Ventoux pose for Mario the Photographer
"Bush Mecchanic" in Boane - Services all bikes and sizes
Four intrepid cyclists set out from boane to conquer the Namaacha hills for the first time this year, in preparation for the upcomming races of the season (Mozambique Nationals and Barberton MTB).
Patrick with his new sunglasses, No-Evil Eye
Ian Epic, Matt CMC and Patrick Ventoux pose for Mario the Photographer
"Bush Mecchanic" in Boane - Services all bikes and sizes
Thursday, January 13, 2011
X-Mas Challenge/Festive 500 winners announced
Hello all,
The winners of the Festive 500 challenge have been announced, and you can check them out here.
Just a reminder of the Festive 500 - a challenge to cycle 500km in 8 days between the 23rd and 30th of December 2010. I am amongst the lucky hundred or so who managed to complete the task and keep fit in this traditionally food-centric period of stuffed turkey, roast beef, eggnog and a plethora of sweets, cakes, christmas pudding and whatnot. Thankfully I live in the southern hemisphere so I merely had to brave 35 degree weather and a bit of sun-burn for my attempt. Northern hemisphere types (all of the winners in fact..) had to endure much worse weather, so I'm not too disappointed in not winning the winter kit. I mean.. when would I wear it??? In the middle of August in Maputo the temperature doesn't dip much below 15 degrees! A warm undershirt yes.. Maybe arm and knee warmers, but that's about it! Actually the winter here in Mozambique is a fantastic time to cycle. It's dark in the mornings but good lighting along the road and the total absence of.. anything.. makes for a lonely but strangely calming ride. Almost like a meditation.
Ok, enough nattering and let me go do some work. Till the next Rapha challenge then..
The winners of the Festive 500 challenge have been announced, and you can check them out here.
Just a reminder of the Festive 500 - a challenge to cycle 500km in 8 days between the 23rd and 30th of December 2010. I am amongst the lucky hundred or so who managed to complete the task and keep fit in this traditionally food-centric period of stuffed turkey, roast beef, eggnog and a plethora of sweets, cakes, christmas pudding and whatnot. Thankfully I live in the southern hemisphere so I merely had to brave 35 degree weather and a bit of sun-burn for my attempt. Northern hemisphere types (all of the winners in fact..) had to endure much worse weather, so I'm not too disappointed in not winning the winter kit. I mean.. when would I wear it??? In the middle of August in Maputo the temperature doesn't dip much below 15 degrees! A warm undershirt yes.. Maybe arm and knee warmers, but that's about it! Actually the winter here in Mozambique is a fantastic time to cycle. It's dark in the mornings but good lighting along the road and the total absence of.. anything.. makes for a lonely but strangely calming ride. Almost like a meditation.
Ok, enough nattering and let me go do some work. Till the next Rapha challenge then..
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Pequenhos Libombos Training session
The new year has started and cyclists are finally coming back from their holidays and starting their training programs. 2011 is set to be a busy and exciting year for the Maputo cycling community, with a long Copa Ciclismo season of some 26 races, the National and Provincial cycling champs, the African Games in Maputo featuring time trial and road racing, some interesting South African races including The Argus, the Cape Epic, Panorama tour and Lowveld Tour, and probably many more MTB races that I have failed to mention.
So....
We need to train.
And indeed we did. Patrick, Carlos and myself set out today from Maputo to Pedreira Hill past Boane and then around the Pequenhos Libombos Dam, a short break at the Galp petrol station (great prego's by the way) and then finally back to Maputo. Here are few a pictures from the long morning, which was supposed to be a nice relaxing pedal but turned into something a little bit more intese...
Carlos (again) fixing his tyre
Patrick's main sponsor is Coke
Carlos, sponsored by Cervelo and Coke
Mario.. sponsored by (surprise) Coke!
Overall we had a good ride and the weather was nice and fresh so we didn't feel cooked under the sun. Looking forward to the next long training ride.
So....
We need to train.
And indeed we did. Patrick, Carlos and myself set out today from Maputo to Pedreira Hill past Boane and then around the Pequenhos Libombos Dam, a short break at the Galp petrol station (great prego's by the way) and then finally back to Maputo. Here are few a pictures from the long morning, which was supposed to be a nice relaxing pedal but turned into something a little bit more intese...
Carlos (again) fixing his tyre
Patrick's main sponsor is Coke
Carlos, sponsored by Cervelo and Coke
Mario.. sponsored by (surprise) Coke!
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