Well Done LEON!!! That is awesome man, going from injured to podium hey... Inspiring stuff!!!
Thanks for sharing!!! C 2009/11/17 Leon van der Westhuizen <[email protected]>: > Hi all. > > So, I'm back from a course last week, and finally get round to writing a > quick report for y'all :-) > > The saga begins where my partner decided to drop me two weeks ahead of the > Rogaine due to some mumbling of "wanting to do well in the 94.7" or > something, I'm not too sure. I mean, how old do you have to be to not > recover in a week??? Ja Pietie... > Anyway, longstoryshort, Jeremy Green advertised for a partner for the MTB > Rogaine on this very list, I believe, and I jumped on it quick as possible. > Not knowing who Jeremy is, but knowing that Cobus (McCains) holds him in > high regard. > Turns out both of us were a bit off our game, him with a sprained ankle and > me with a recovering shoulder separation (Thanks, Eugene, and I will finish > your flipping race someday...) > Come Sunday morning, before the sun, > Ready or not, Belfast here I come!! > > OK, ok, no more bad poetry, I promise :-) > > Found Jeremy after a slight timing miscommunication and we pitch at > Lakenvlei with a bit of time to register. > It had rained a tiny bit the day before, we were told. So the ground may be > a bit wet in places, especially the low lying areas. Also, the normal MTB-O > rule of staying on the paths was not enforcible (Read: AR Rules!!!) > Jeremy would nav, and I would punch. > Map study complete, we speed off (Read: Jeremy speeds off, I try to keep up > thinking, "Oh my good golly goodness, what have I let myself in for?") > Some really good route choices, and some really interesting ones, wind us > zig zagging up the north western side of Lakenvlei, gathering 2, 3, 4 and 5 > pointers on the way into the new area for the three 6 pointers, and back out > down the north eastern side. This included at least three or four excursion > into knee to thigh deep mud, saving us significant distance in the process. > Having collected all the points of worth on the north side (we left most of > the 1 pointers to the birds and other teams), already buggered with only > about 90 mins to go in the five hour event, we shoot up the south eastern > side like corks out of a bottle of flat champagne, gathering as many points > as possible and aiming for that last elusive 5 pointer was south. > alas, This was not to be as we lost too much time looking for one specific 3 > pointer, so we decided to head home. we got our penultimate point with 8 > mins to go, and Jeremy asks: "How strong do you feel?" I replied that after > the downhill rest, I felt good, we decided to go for the last one point > control next to the main paced road, meaning a 3km detour. The sprint back > from that point was excruciating, for me, at any rate. My mouth was so dry > that my lips stuck to my teeth in a permanent exagerated Elvisesq grimace > (Thank you - thank you very much...), and my tongue was twisted sideway > glued to the roof of my mouth :-) > Jeremy was an absolute machine shouting encouragement all the way back (all > of 1300m) which I could barely hear... > > Then we were finished... 4:50:49 - hows that for making good use of allotted > time, eh? > > Stats: Prangs Leon - 1 > Jeremy - 1 (but his was waaaay more spectacular) > Sun - 1 , Leon - 0 (I would send a photo, but I won't put you > through that kind of pain and suffering... I think one pic is enough...) > > > Final overall results: > > Jeremy Green and Leon van der Westhuizen 136 points, 1st > > Stephan Muller and Danie van Aswegan 128 points, 2nd > > Alex Wagner and Cobus van Zyl 125 points, 3rd > > Not to take anything away, but I suspect the fact that all the others had > done the six hour foot Rogaine the day before in appalling weather may have > played a slight role... anyway, it was an awesome day, and I will certainly > be back for the next one. > > > > See y'all soon > > Leon aka FreakyClown > > > > PS: Jeremy is not really that much smaller that I am, it's just a slight > weird angle... > > > > ******************************************************************************************************* > > Disclaimer: > Denel (Pty) Ltd t/a Denel Aviation (Denel Aviation) Registration number: > 1992/001337/07 > This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for > the addressee. 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