The email took me by surprise: As a high-profile blogger on Sports Leader and as one of SA's leading athletes, I have been selected by phone giant Nokia to test their super-expensive N79 cell phone. The catch? I have to look after the phone for two m...
Views: 231 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, June 5th, 2009 | Tags: 4x4, gym, heart rate monitor, Nokia, spinning, training, Wild Coast
With a month and a half to go before one of the top trail runs on the SA calendar kicks off in the snow fields of Rhodes, last years adventures are a reminder of how frosty it gets in sunny SA ...
It is the day before the Rhodes Trail Run and we a...
Views: 305 | 2 Comments » | posted on Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Tags: adventure, Drakensberg, Kerryn Krige, Lesotho, Rhodes, Rhodes Trail Run, snow, trail run
I’m sitting on my bed in Nairobi, with my wet and smelly socks hanging from the mosquito net and the air-conditioning on 30 degrees. The room’s starting to sweat a little, and the aroma of eau-de-sock is stripping paint off the walls. But these s...
Views: 502 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 | Tags: adventure, hiking, kenya, travel
Getting lost in Pretoria to collect your new teammate is not a good sign when you're about to spend the weekend navigating your way through the countryside. Getting lost en route to the meeting point is even less encouraging. Navigation is not my thi...
Views: 298 | 3 Comments » | posted on Sunday, June 1st, 2008 | Tags: adventure, adventure racing, biking, cycling, extreme sport, hiking, mountain biking, outdoor sport, racing
