Name: Susan Belcher
Nick name: Sue
Your alter-ego name: Mighty Mouse
Age: 45
Team Role: Slave
Occupation: DTP
Home Town: Roodepoort
Goals: Die happy doing something I love doing
Best AR Memory: Finishing
Worst AR Memory: Not finishing
Ultimate AR fantasy: Beating a much better team
Strange hobbies: Bonsai
Guilty indulgence: Chocolate
Must-have on every race: Food – lots of food!
Sporting history: SA Rowing record, 15 Argus finishes
Preferred discipline: Swimming / canoeing
Worst sporting injury: Tendonitis ankle
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: Adri
Who in the team is the best entertainer: William
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Yup – Nando for being a masochist
Motto: If you can – then so can I!
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Nando's Profile
Name: Fernando
Nick name: Nando
Your alter-ego name: Flying Portuguese…in my better days
Age: 47years young and maturing gracefully!
Team Role: Not sure yet but prefer the team to be organized, so maybe team manager?
Occupation: Jack of all trades..project management, QA and maintenance engineer.
Home Town: Centurion – south of PTA
Goals: To finish an AR stage race…with the help of my teammates!...climbing up MT. Kilimanjaro…Duzi…Iron Man…. Freedom MTB Challenge
Best AR Memory: Many picturesque views from the top of mountains although seeing a herd of Eland grazing on top of a mountain in the Drakensburg was special.
Worst AR Memory: Bailing out from a leg at Swazi X..feeling sorry for myself for falling, being wet, cold and miserable …but finished the next and final leg.
Ultimate AR fantasy: To experience a 250k or longer race and being able to complete it!
Strange hobbies: Collect all sorts of caps..except for rival rugby and soccer teams.
Guilty indulgence: Coffee in the morning before work as it makes me feel good and ready to speak to clients or contractors on the phone.
Must-have on every race: Plenty of foood please!!!!
Sporting history: Played soccer and tennis at school…but never excelled in any, finished 5x comrades, 3x two oceans, have a few silver medals for marathons, half marathons, 4x Cape Argus, 8x 94.7 races, 1x Sabie Experience MTB stage race….list is longer but decided to list only the important ones.
Preferred discipline: Running although MTB is so much more fun and less taxing on the joints!
Worst sporting injury: Cracking a bone on the arch of my foot and having to take a year off running to recover.
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: Con as he loves to sneak up from behind…on his bike.
Who in the team is the best entertainer: Sue…especially during pit stops! and close second for Adri for her laughter and positive attitude to life.
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Maybe Mike as he is reserved with his thoughts and why does he breed roses!! To protect himself against what I ask?????
Motto: God has created this wonderful paradise around us except the concrete jungle man created so every opportunity I get I am outdoors. In other words “I live for the outdoors”.
Nick name: Nando
Your alter-ego name: Flying Portuguese…in my better days
Age: 47years young and maturing gracefully!
Team Role: Not sure yet but prefer the team to be organized, so maybe team manager?
Occupation: Jack of all trades..project management, QA and maintenance engineer.
Home Town: Centurion – south of PTA
Goals: To finish an AR stage race…with the help of my teammates!...climbing up MT. Kilimanjaro…Duzi…Iron Man…. Freedom MTB Challenge
Best AR Memory: Many picturesque views from the top of mountains although seeing a herd of Eland grazing on top of a mountain in the Drakensburg was special.
Worst AR Memory: Bailing out from a leg at Swazi X..feeling sorry for myself for falling, being wet, cold and miserable …but finished the next and final leg.
Ultimate AR fantasy: To experience a 250k or longer race and being able to complete it!
Strange hobbies: Collect all sorts of caps..except for rival rugby and soccer teams.
Guilty indulgence: Coffee in the morning before work as it makes me feel good and ready to speak to clients or contractors on the phone.
Must-have on every race: Plenty of foood please!!!!
Sporting history: Played soccer and tennis at school…but never excelled in any, finished 5x comrades, 3x two oceans, have a few silver medals for marathons, half marathons, 4x Cape Argus, 8x 94.7 races, 1x Sabie Experience MTB stage race….list is longer but decided to list only the important ones.
Preferred discipline: Running although MTB is so much more fun and less taxing on the joints!
Worst sporting injury: Cracking a bone on the arch of my foot and having to take a year off running to recover.
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: Con as he loves to sneak up from behind…on his bike.
Who in the team is the best entertainer: Sue…especially during pit stops! and close second for Adri for her laughter and positive attitude to life.
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Maybe Mike as he is reserved with his thoughts and why does he breed roses!! To protect himself against what I ask?????
Motto: God has created this wonderful paradise around us except the concrete jungle man created so every opportunity I get I am outdoors. In other words “I live for the outdoors”.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Profile: Mike
Name: Mike
Nick name: Apparently it's Goofy Mike
Your alter-ego name: Superman. "If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman", ..."as long as you'll be my friend at the end" from Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down and "Men weren't meant to ride with clouds between their knees" from Superman by Five For Fighting
Age: 48
Team Role: Super Second and Wilderness Guardian / preventing running injuries. If it's longer than 107km I'm seconding.
Occupation: Nerd. Writing verrry boring technical documents, in a room without windows (Except 7)
Home Town: Edenvale in Gauteng
Goals: To get out of Gauteng on every possible occasion, see the stars, feel the breeze, converse with the trees, enjoy the variegated grasslands and look far into uninhabited distances unspoilt by 'civilization'.
Best AR Memory: Canoeing across Sterkfontein dam then floating kit and all across the weir.
Worst AR Memory: Having to quit the Harrismith UGE after 110km because of ITB (iliotibial band tendonitis)
Ultimate AR fantasy: Every event is fantasy fantastic.
Strange hobbies: Cycling in gay lycra stretchy pants (according to my son, Chris)
Guilty indulgence: I live life guilt free. Indulgences ? - Every 5 minutes more sleep in the mornings!
Must-have on every race: No helmet No ride. - Cheese and Ham buns for the picnics.
Sporting history: School Rugby, Rock climbing, Gymnastics, Hiking. Sailing catamarans. 7 years of Touch Rugby every weekday, Open water swimming. Step. Cycling. MTB. Astro Turf Hockey. Sprint AR. NB. No running!
Preferred discipline: I love my bike, pity I can't swim with it!
Worst sporting injury: that ITB (iliotibial band tendonitis)
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: William. I like winning.
Who in the team is the best entertainer: Con. 100 moods per race.
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Sue, for torturing trees and keeping them in captivity.
Motto: Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. (Goethe)
Nick name: Apparently it's Goofy Mike
Your alter-ego name: Superman. "If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman", ..."as long as you'll be my friend at the end" from Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down and "Men weren't meant to ride with clouds between their knees" from Superman by Five For Fighting
Age: 48
Team Role: Super Second and Wilderness Guardian / preventing running injuries. If it's longer than 107km I'm seconding.
Occupation: Nerd. Writing verrry boring technical documents, in a room without windows (Except 7)
Home Town: Edenvale in Gauteng
Goals: To get out of Gauteng on every possible occasion, see the stars, feel the breeze, converse with the trees, enjoy the variegated grasslands and look far into uninhabited distances unspoilt by 'civilization'.
Best AR Memory: Canoeing across Sterkfontein dam then floating kit and all across the weir.
Worst AR Memory: Having to quit the Harrismith UGE after 110km because of ITB (iliotibial band tendonitis)
Ultimate AR fantasy: Every event is fantasy fantastic.
Strange hobbies: Cycling in gay lycra stretchy pants (according to my son, Chris)
Guilty indulgence: I live life guilt free. Indulgences ? - Every 5 minutes more sleep in the mornings!
Must-have on every race: No helmet No ride. - Cheese and Ham buns for the picnics.
Sporting history: School Rugby, Rock climbing, Gymnastics, Hiking. Sailing catamarans. 7 years of Touch Rugby every weekday, Open water swimming. Step. Cycling. MTB. Astro Turf Hockey. Sprint AR. NB. No running!
Preferred discipline: I love my bike, pity I can't swim with it!
Worst sporting injury: that ITB (iliotibial band tendonitis)
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: William. I like winning.
Who in the team is the best entertainer: Con. 100 moods per race.
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Sue, for torturing trees and keeping them in captivity.
Motto: Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. (Goethe)
Profile: Adri
Name: Adri Van der Westhuyzen
Nick name: Mosbolletjie / Voortrekker Adri
Your alter-ego name: Adri Ferrari
Age: 28
Team Role: The Second Lady
Occupation: Graphic Designer (did I say frustrated?)
Home Town: Jozi
Goals: To Live This Life To The Fullest
Best AR Memory: The World's Viewpoint in Pietermaritzburg. Could see about 270degrees of 150kms. (We didnt finish the race, so didnt get to the other great views) Oh, and the Skeleton Gorge Night Trail run in Touwsriver!
Worst AR Memory: Running out of snacks and a near-drown
Ultimate AR fantasy: Wartrail 2010
Strange hobbies: I send people photos of my 1 year-old Jack Russel? I travel with a small bag of extra-fibre breakfast cereal in my handbag. (family thing)
Guilty indulgence: Good, strong coffee... and Cremora.
Must-have on every race: Water-purifying tablets & vaseline
Sporting history: Bit of this and that at school. Then the "I only run when something is chasing me"... about 8 years ago. Then I started running and must have done close to 9000kms since. Long distance swimming, and in 2009 MTB. Now addicted and loving it.
Preferred discipline: Running... but the bike also got hold of me now.
Worst sporting injury: Broke both my arms at the same time in grade 6 (long jump) and couldn't swim that summer.
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: Sue... because she's female? If not then Mike, coz his jokes are funnier than mine.
Who in the team is the best entertainer: The one that races behind me!
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Hmm... Mike? (Smoking dubie in his twenties?)
Motto: "Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us."
Profile: Con
Name: Con Loubser.
Nick name: Fridge Midget.
Your alter-ego name: Pienie.
Age: 38 (but I feel a lot older).
Team Role: Ships' Anchor.
Occupation: Yes, more or less.
Home Town: Joeys.
Goals: Not yet.
Best AR Memory: Seeing daylight on my first 24 hr AR.
Worst AR Memory: Watching William disappear into the abyss at SwaziX '07.
Ultimate AR fantasy: Being able to transition in under 5 minutes.
Strange hobbies: No comment.
Guilty indulgence: Romantic Comedies.
Must-have on every race: strapping tape, sunscreen.
Sporting history: Standard school sports, canoeing (transvaal junior), rock-climbing, mountaineering, MTB.
Preferred discipline: MTB.
Worst sporting injury: Broken collar bone, tennis elbow.
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: Fernando feeds us all dust regularly. Now that William has cleats, he'll leave me behind as well.
Who in the team is the best entertainer: Goofy Mike.
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Anyone other than me?
Motto: Takhare vir vrede!
Nick name: Fridge Midget.
Your alter-ego name: Pienie.
Age: 38 (but I feel a lot older).
Team Role: Ships' Anchor.
Occupation: Yes, more or less.
Home Town: Joeys.
Goals: Not yet.
Best AR Memory: Seeing daylight on my first 24 hr AR.
Worst AR Memory: Watching William disappear into the abyss at SwaziX '07.
Ultimate AR fantasy: Being able to transition in under 5 minutes.
Strange hobbies: No comment.
Guilty indulgence: Romantic Comedies.
Must-have on every race: strapping tape, sunscreen.
Sporting history: Standard school sports, canoeing (transvaal junior), rock-climbing, mountaineering, MTB.
Preferred discipline: MTB.
Worst sporting injury: Broken collar bone, tennis elbow.
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: Fernando feeds us all dust regularly. Now that William has cleats, he'll leave me behind as well.
Who in the team is the best entertainer: Goofy Mike.
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Anyone other than me?
Motto: Takhare vir vrede!
Profile: William
Name: William Cairns
Nick name: William, cairnswm
Your alter-ego name: Morgan McKenzie
Age: 40 (just)
Team Role: Captain, hanger-on
Occupation: IT Architect, and Business Owner
Home Town: Randburg
Goals: Finish races - lots of them, one day I'll run one Comrades Marathon
Best AR Memory: The finish of the first race, stumbling into the finish, badly chaffed, tired, sore but we finished!
Worst AR Memory: Not finishing, getting lost in the forest and not getting to the next transition.
Ultimate AR fantasy: XPD Australia, a 900km race in 7 days
Strange hobbies: I am a Computer Dame Designer and Game Developer, I enjoy playing online computer sport-management games
Guilty indulgence: A block of cheese or a packet of raisins in one sitting!
Must-have on every race: Rehydrate
Sporting history: 6 'long' ARs, 2 Marathons, 1 Ultra marathon, 1 stage MTB race, used to play rugby and soccer.
Preferred discipline: I enjoy navigating, an AR is not an AR unless it has navigation. I cant do any of the disciplines well - so dont mind any discipline - they are all just hard work. I do sit on a fence and pass bikes over really well.
Worst sporting injury: ACL playing Rugby, Broken ankle doing an AR (Swazi X)
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: Mike, he is supposed to be old (= slow) but he still seems to make me look slow.
Who in the team is the best entertainer: Adri, she never seems to NOT have something to say.
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Con, probably murder - he is intelligent enough to have covered it up properly.
Motto: On AR: Finish the Race. Personally: Don't be scared, be careful (also applies quite well to AR)
Nick name: William, cairnswm
Your alter-ego name: Morgan McKenzie
Age: 40 (just)
Team Role: Captain, hanger-on
Occupation: IT Architect, and Business Owner
Home Town: Randburg
Goals: Finish races - lots of them, one day I'll run one Comrades Marathon
Best AR Memory: The finish of the first race, stumbling into the finish, badly chaffed, tired, sore but we finished!
Worst AR Memory: Not finishing, getting lost in the forest and not getting to the next transition.
Ultimate AR fantasy: XPD Australia, a 900km race in 7 days
Strange hobbies: I am a Computer Dame Designer and Game Developer, I enjoy playing online computer sport-management games
Guilty indulgence: A block of cheese or a packet of raisins in one sitting!
Must-have on every race: Rehydrate
Sporting history: 6 'long' ARs, 2 Marathons, 1 Ultra marathon, 1 stage MTB race, used to play rugby and soccer.
Preferred discipline: I enjoy navigating, an AR is not an AR unless it has navigation. I cant do any of the disciplines well - so dont mind any discipline - they are all just hard work. I do sit on a fence and pass bikes over really well.
Worst sporting injury: ACL playing Rugby, Broken ankle doing an AR (Swazi X)
Who do you consider your greatest competition in the team: Mike, he is supposed to be old (= slow) but he still seems to make me look slow.
Who in the team is the best entertainer: Adri, she never seems to NOT have something to say.
Do you think anyone in the team has a criminal record and for what? Con, probably murder - he is intelligent enough to have covered it up properly.
Motto: On AR: Finish the Race. Personally: Don't be scared, be careful (also applies quite well to AR)
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