{"id":2130,"date":"2014-05-07T17:09:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T00:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/o2fitness.net\/o2\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2014-05-07T17:09:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T00:09:59","slug":"day-7-joberg2c-underberg-to-ixopo-81km-and-1360m-of-climbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/day-7-joberg2c-underberg-to-ixopo-81km-and-1360m-of-climbing\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 7- JoBerg2c, Underberg to Ixopo. 81km and 1360m of climbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/joberg2c.co.za\/race-details\/the-results\/?group=About\" target=\"_blank\">JoBerg2c<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/image_1-2-1024x768.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2248\" src=\"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/image_1-2-1024x768-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image_1-2-1024x768\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/image_1-2-1024x768-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/image_1-2-1024x768-705x528.jpeg 705w, http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/image_1-2-1024x768-450x337.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/image_1-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Andy&#8217;s Adventure, continues&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A warmer and later start time today, and we were all prepared to hammer hard to get into a good group ready for the S-track at 15km. \u00a0However, when it rains, sometimes it pours. \u00a0As I&#8217;m getting better, Josh had no GO. \u00a0(As it turns out he has IT, and in curled up in a ball in the tent tonight). \u00a0So this becomes a real test of team, for one as occasionally selfish as I. \u00a0So I stuck with my friend, yoyoed a bit, pushed him a bit, talked about random stuff and watched him suffer a brutal slow pedal day to the finish.<\/p>\n<p>Our one exception was the singletrack, with incredible forested smooth to rough red dirt, the overwhelming sensation was TRACTION! \u00a0Almost any speed with a top of the bike was rewarded with an &#8216;Empire Strikes Back&#8217; tree dodge as the tires bit into the dirt like a pit bull with a new bone.<\/p>\n<p>(Did I mention SA&#8217;s can&#8217;t descend?). We figure they all train on dirt roads around Johannesburg and never really see S-track, so one should really empathize. \u00a0However, after lots of polite &#8216;whenever you&#8217;re ready, could I pass&#8217; we have resorted to just going. \u00a0A slight touch of the back tire seems to do the trick to make them pull left. \u00a0We did fly 22hours.<\/p>\n<p>The country today was a mix of tree and dairy farms, but still with grand vistas mountain to valley. \u00a0 I am struck by the mass industry of agriculture in this province.<\/p>\n<p>We climbed our last few km&#8217;s back to camp, and arrived at a slow pace that puts us to the back of the start tomorrow. \u00a0Having said that I am so proud of what Josh pulled off today, he kept pedaling when many would quit.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is a mix of epic singletrack and hot midday climbing . Should be interesting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JoBerg2c Andy&#8217;s Adventure, continues&#8230; A warmer and later start time today, and we were all prepared to hammer hard to get into a good group ready for the S-track at 15km. \u00a0However, when it rains, sometimes it pours. \u00a0As I&#8217;m getting better, Josh had no GO. \u00a0(As it turns out he has IT, and in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-2130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletes-blog","tag-andy-buckley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}