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Epic 2018: Beware of death by a thousand cuts

Oscar Foulkes / October 15, 2017

[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’.

Oscar Foulkes / September 24, 2017

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

[row][span4]We need to talk about bikes, specifically when they share the road with motor vehicles. I have to put it

[row][span4]Speaking additional languages isn’t just about making oneself understood. One also needs to be aware of the polite word for

[row][span4]“Do you like dressing up?” I could have left out the quotation marks, which would have denoted me asking a

[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