Cape Epic

[row][span4]There are times when going up mountains, whether walking, running or cycling, that one encounters ‘false tops’. As one reaches […]

[row][span4]When I was a child, my parents had a Betamax tape of a Willie Carson documentary. I’ve never forgotten the

[row][span4]It’s a rainy Sunday morning. According to YR, the afternoon will be dry, so I can park myself on the

[row][span4]“Recovery week” is a great phrase to see on a training programme; much like reaching an oasis in the desert,

[row][span4]In the early days of my road to Epic 2017, I recall talking about the need for a ‘new normal’.

[row][span4]The 2018 Absa Cape Epic route was revealed this week. The big feature that jumped out at me is that

[row][span4]In no particular order, here’s a summary of a few of the most epic parts of Cape Epic… Woolworths The

[row][span4]I made the promise, on the day of finishing Cape Epic, that there would be a ‘decompression post’. I suspect

[row][span4]One of the traditions of Cape Epic is that a bagpiper wakes the campsite at 5.00 am. Apart from the

[row][span4]By the end of yesterday we’d been riding for roughly 35 hours. Barring some cramping on Monday, nausea on Tuesday,