{"id":16075,"date":"2018-03-23T03:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2018\/03\/23\/pinners-paincave-let-them-eat-cake-r7210\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:04:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:04:30","slug":"pinners-paincave-let-them-eat-cake-r7210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/pinners-paincave-let-them-eat-cake-r7210\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinner\u2019s Paincave: Let Them Eat Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most important thing to take away from today is that it\u2019s over. Zone and I are safe, healthy and even snuck past a few ous on GC. Winning.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-74759800-1521775040.jpeg\"<\/a>Photo credit: Wayne Reiche.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stage 4 certainly lived up to the pre-event hype as 2018\u2019s \u201cQueen Stage\u201d. Reflecting on our time in the cave today, it feels as if Stage 4\u2019s route was not the deciding factor in it being designated as the hardest, but rather the accumulative fatigue of the previous three 100 km-plus stages that have ripped the legs off most riders.<\/p>\n

Thinking back, I can\u2019t seem to remember an Epic route that has featured four consecutive 100 km stages \u2026 especially four that were so heavily peppered with lekker trails. If this is true, then surviving these past few days is reason to celebrate in itself!<\/p>\n

It seems that the infamous tummy bug has decided to make a few riders\u2019 experience just a little tougher! So for those of you spending quality time on the throne, commiserations, I sincerely hope it\u2019s not in a porter loo! As a precaution, it\u2019s a great idea to take probiotics before, and during the event itself, in an effort to keep your tummy in tip-top shape.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-93201200-1521775763.jpg\"<\/a>Cape Epic 2010 \u2026 Loo Roll or Energy Bar. Photo credit: Sven Martin<\/span><\/p>\n

Race ending germs are an unfortunate reality when our bodies are on the rivet. I have had the ****s before (in 2010 Epic with Erik Kleinhans) and I do not want to relive that nightmare of trying to finish such a gruelling event on half a slice of marmite toast for brekkie.<\/p>\n

On a practical level, if you\u2019re riding and reading this \u2026 be wary of what you put in your mouth at water tables. While the water point staff really do everything in their power to keep things clean, riders who are popping into the bushes also have to refuel \u2026 one just hopes they\u2019re taking their gloves off when the spice goes down, and putting them back on when deciding whether to snack on baby potatoes or date balls!<\/p>\n

On that note, here\u2019s to keeping it pinned during the remaining three days, off the throne and on the throttle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most important thing to take away from today is that it\u2019s over. Zone and I are safe, healthy and even snuck past a few ous on GC. Winning. Photo credit: Wayne Reiche. Stage 4 certainly lived up to the pre-event hype as 2018\u2019s \u201cQueen Stage\u201d. Reflecting on our time in the cave today, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[24,702],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure-and-travel","tag-cape-epic","tag-pinners-paincave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16075"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}