Attakwas!!!

Well, that's the Attakwas extreme done. My first training race in preparation for Freedom Challenge 2013.... As much as it was a suffer fest of note, I'm really happy with current state of fitness...at this stage I'm just doing long slow base training without any high intensity 'pain' threshold training and I still managed to finish in same time as last year when I was well advanced in training for Epic...so all good. The route resembled much of what I will be facing at FC so really chuffed to be able to stress myself out in these conditions. I...

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Attakwas 2013

Charles getting ready for his first training race in preparation of the freedom challenge. Oudtshoorn to Groot Brak, 130 km later.......

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Introduction - Rhino Challenge

Dear Family and Friends This is my first post, hopefully of many, on what’s happening in 2013. As you will have noticed, I have just recently launched a blog site and facebook page that will be covering my Freedom Challenge training/preparation and then the event itself. There are still sections on the blog page that need to be completed, such as sponsorship process etc. these details should all be available shortly. In November last year my application to participate in the 2013 Freedom Challenge was accepted. More information on the Freedom Challenge...

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Charles's mountainbiking story:

After school and university, I got wrapped up in the business world and really let my state of physical health slip into the doldrums. Absolutely no excercising discipline existed which went completely against everything I stood for. Following desperate attempts to try and turn my state of health around, even leaving Johannesburg for Cape Town, conditions worsened. My lowest moment came when I got onto one of those non-digital, rotating dial scales that only measured to 125 kilograms....confusion turned to disbelief and then shock when the...

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