The 1:14 Effect

By the time you read this I will probably have been airborne and back on Earth again. In a few hours (as I write this) I will be 1500km from my present location, luxuyriating in plentiful oxygen and sea vistas. Meanwhile, tomorrow, hard work and toil is on the cards. Will I go under 3hours?

So I was swimming in the open air pool at Old Eds and I said to myself: "If you can swim 100m faster than 1:15, then you're gonna break 3hours in the Argus. The background to this is my first swim was 1:21, second one 1:17 (and gasping painfully). I allowed myself a dive, but not off the blocks. So I did a 1:14.

I then went to weigh myself: 84.3kg. Alex predicts a 3:10. I'm predicting 3:03-3:05. Time will tell.

Jozi: This city is nuts!

During my lunch break I 'quickly' went to drop my bike off at the airport. It had to go to a special tent a week before Argus fly time on Kulula.com. It took me about 2 hours to figure where this rotting piece of turf was situated, and I only found it after three hundred and seven u-turns, dead ends and 12.4 calls.

I also saw the under carriage of my car floating down the highway in front of me as I passed Jet Park. I sat for a while in a pothole the size of a small moon crater, with the body of my car protecting me from cars racing by.

On the upside, booking even as late as a week before the time I got a return flight, Johannesburg to Cape Town, for R1300. That's amazing value. Also, they pack your bike for you in a sturdy box, with bubble wrap, so i was able to just drop it off. I have a nice bike bag, but it's in Bloem right now.