racing day after day; challenging, beautiful and brutal terrain; teamwork-- more specifically, team time trialling; the grind; burning a bottomless hole in your stomach; making your poo turn to mush; oh, and zebras.
and voila, the Absa Cape Epic off-road stage race!
So I check out this year's results, right? Three hundred eleven men's teams and..
So I check out this year's results, right? Three hundred eleven men's teams and..
ELEVEN women's teams??!!! Zero American women teams. Okay, to be fair-- there were 58 "mixed" (co-ed) teams. But still, 311 vs. ELEVEN??!!! Geez, now I HAVE to do this race!!
Here's the team time trial prologue!!:
Hey, Valaas-- this would be good summer training, right? And you haven't been to South Africa yet! (I don't think..)
M-- I KNOW this race appeals to you! And it's only a week, so you can still get a job!
