The Cape Epic Journey

With 53 days to go till the start of the Epic, the excitement levels are rising! I think this could be compared to an addiction of sorts. You know you have Epic Syndrome quite bad when you go to bed thinking about the Epic, and wake up thinking about the Epic. Everything you do can somehow be linked to the Epic. At work I take the stairs rather than lifts because it’ll be better for my legs. I park further away from the office so that I can walk a bit further and work some different muscles, and help relieve them from the riding.

In terms of the training things are going very well. Riding lots. Doing some excercises to strengthen core muscles and I can feel the improvement with every ride. The closer the Epic gets the more riding I want to do. I’m not sure the taper off phase is going to go well… It’s going to be tough to force myself to take it easier with the riding closer to race day.

I know I am not alone in my excitement for this years Epic. The Horndog is also excited. How can I be sure…? Well when you exchange a bazillion e-mails on a Monday morning all about the Epic, then you know.

I’m going to be updating the site more often. It’s not only going to have cycling related stuff (mostly will though), but this is afterall about our journey to the Epic, so I figure it should include other day to day things. For instance, I will be playing action cricket tonight. My friends and I have a team, which has been together for ages now. It’s all about spending time with mates, and hopefully winning.

Safe riding everyone.