uuuhm your wife "seduced" you with Robin Hood men in tights? hehhehe
On 31 May 2010 14:27, Leon van der Westhuizen <[email protected]>wrote: > That I did :-) > > I was sorely tempted to come to the DnD, but my wife seduced me to go watch > Robin Hood. > Great flick, btw :-) > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Hardy > *Sent:* 31 May 2010 14:26 > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [D&D-chat] Magalies Monster > > Awesome CONGRATULATIONS MAN!!!!! > > Hope you had an Excellent Hatchin day :-) > > On 31 May 2010 13:36, Leon van der Westhuizen <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I did the long one last year, and seriously? >> The only thing it has that is worth doing that the short one doesn't have, >> si that climb up past the mushroom rocks and down the north side of >> Breedtsnek. For the the rest, it's almost all dirt road and this one >> sickening section of thick sand... And then you hook up to the second half >> of the short route again... >> That climb up and down Breedtsnek doesn't quite make up for the rest of >> the long one. >> >> Let's tak forest to falls, right? The new route. >> First 33km, nice, but not spectacular, not really hard at all... 2nd half, >> killer hard with massive climbs on dirt road mostly, strue, but slippery as >> anything. A real challenge to ride. And the singletrack stuff they put it. >> Woohoo!!!! And beautiful views... If you read my blog, there's a pic there >> called the avenue of trees. Stunning. Well worth the suffering. >> >> Besides, last Thursday was my bday, so Monster is my birthday race. I >> wanna enjoy my birthday weekend without too much pain :-)))) >> >> PS: Dirtrider, I've done 4 consequtive Croozes, and each year it's gotten >> more like an MTB race. That climb through the game farm and then the >> singletrack mext to the river were fantastic. Didn't do it last year >> though... That race is hard purely from a fitness point of view. The pace is >> so frenetic, that you're stuffed cos you didn't pace yourself properly :-) >> And that #$$%%^&^& "Sorry" hill at the end... :-))) >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Hardy >> *Sent:* 31 May 2010 13:27 >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [D&D-chat] Magalies Monster >> >> Noooooo Ways Boeta!!!! >> >> THat legendary climb up through those mushroom rocks and the wicked >> washedout 6km Downhill after taming da Monsta... yeeehaaaaa frikkin >> amazing!!!! >> >> Why you do the shorty? >> >> On 31 May 2010 12:55, Leon van der Westhuizen < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> For those who can't, or couldn't be bothered to follow my blog :-) >>> vortexe.blogspot.com >>> >>> What a race. >>> I am reminded why this race is my favorite one of all. It has more >>> technical singletrack and seriaas rocky descents than any other single stage >>> of any MTB race I have ever done, bar none. >>> It really does. >>> From a ride over a cement pipe, to large fixed rocks round Bufflespoort >>> dam, to smooth flowing singletrack on the hiking trails in Mountain >>> Sanctuary Park, to hectic smaller loose rocky descent to a portage river >>> crossing and up a to the top of an almost-cliff, followed by a long >>> technical climb on cut grass with loose rocks interspersed and a downhill of >>> the same, to purpose built flowing singletrack along the Sterkstroom river, >>> with bridges to cross over, and sometimes not, to technical rocky jeep >>> tracks, and awesome rocky descents... >>> Man, I'm outta breath now :-) >>> This race is, to me, what epitomises what a mountainbike race should be. >>> It has every aspect, with a definite lean to the technical, where a longer >>> travel light all-mountain bike is not penalised like on virtually every >>> other race I can think of, with their long miles of smooth dirt road. >>> The distance of 42km this year, may seem paltry, but it is surely the >>> toughest 42km race this side of Alpine Heath (which I hear is, or rather >>> was, no pushover ;-) ). It left me with just enough in the tank to be able >>> to sprint the last 5km for a not too bad 2:30 finish, good enough for 32nd >>> overall. The winning time was 1:57, which is flabbergasting. >>> In comparison with the long route which I did last year, the 42km has >>> everything except the actual monster climb up Breedtsnek from the north >>> along the 4X4 tracks and down on the dirt. Almost everything else on the >>> long route is dirt road... >>> I firmly believe that in this case the half marathon is a better route >>> than the full marathon. >>> Thanks to all for a wonderful day out. >>> >>> ******************************************************************************************************* >>> >>> >>> 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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