A bucket-list event – Gareth Pile’s Challenge Roth experience
Symphonic , calming gladiator music welcomed us into T1 2 hours before the start of what they say is the second best thing next to Kona and definitely the best event I have ever experienced …… Challenge Roth 2017. The goose bumps started immediately, and as we checked our bikes, nutrition and transition bags, slowly a massive chunk of the famous Roth crowds (250 000) started building and lining the bridge over the Danau canal....
Just an ordinary mom achieving her dreams – Sonette de Beer
WHAT A PERFECT RACE DAY! I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER. Just being an ordinary MOM taking up this challenge, WEIGHED HEAVILY ON MY SHOULDERS. Coming from being a couch potato until my 40th birthday. I did attempt the Buffalo City 70.3 in January. But did not make the bike cut off. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT! I arrived back home and immediately entered Durban 70.3 But I needed a new plan… That’s when I decided to join Team...
Steelhead 70.3 – Gareth Wright
Moving to the United States of America at the beginning of February brought more challenges to my training than I thought. The biggest challenge that I faced was training on my own. I was not looking for a training partner/partners to train with on a daily basis, but for company when the going got tough… and boy did it get rough at stages emotionally! Looking back at the past 6 months, it may have been a blessing that I trained...
70.3 Durban 2016
We have just returned from an interesting but successful Durban 70.3 event. Whilst a lot of Team Tissink athletes opted to skip this event and rest after IMSA, we still had a good showing and some excellent results. I don’t think I’ve ever seen swim conditions like that before. When the announcement came that the swim was cancelled, we were all disappointed, and thought that it wasn’t actually that bad. But walking down to the beach,...
My Ironman Dream – Idelette Olivier
Let me take you back a while to where it all started. 2014 Ironman 70.3 Buffalo City. Idelette Olivier Team participant – GREEN Team Band… and there was the problem. My dream was ignited by this photo. An Athletes photo. Those that know me well, will know, that did not sit well. I wasn’t an athlete, I was a swimmer. Yes, I was probably one of the better swimmers around but just a swimmer… The dream started to really burn when my...
My Journey to, and through Addo
In early September 2015 I heard rumours that the old school Addo 100 Miler trail run might be brought back for the first time in over 5 years. As the kind of person who always takes the “big/toughest” option in everything that I choose to do, this immediately was something that I was interested in. But, at that same moment a little devil jumps up onto your shoulder… “But Johan… you couldn’t even make it to 60km in the 2015 Addo 76km...
