{"id":16082,"date":"2018-03-21T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2018\/03\/21\/pinners-paincave-no-heroics-got-the-job-done-r7203\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:04:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:04:56","slug":"pinners-paincave-no-heroics-got-the-job-done-r7203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/pinners-paincave-no-heroics-got-the-job-done-r7203\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinner\u2019s Paincave: No Heroics, Got The Job Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo credit: Gary Perkin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stage 3 was one of those days where you just had to get it done. 122km is not to be messed with. There were no heroics from us today. It was a case of focusing on keeping things consistent.<\/p>\n

This sounds simple, but it\u2019s often harder than one thinks. Especially when teams catch and pass you and all you want to do is throw a few matches at the challenge! As we all know, the number of matches in our matchboxes are finite \u2026 they are to be kept in your back skyrocket for very important moments!<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-11632100-1521660691.jpeg\"<\/a>Getting the job done. Photo credit: Zoon Cronje.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the stage encompassed a lot of the usual Epic terrain (think Klein Karoo shrubbery and farm roads) we did venture into and climb out of two or three spectacular kloofs (no wait, the plural must be kloowe. Please help this soutie met die korrekte word). Unfortunately, I don\u2019t have any pictures, but yoh, they were mooi.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s almost 9 pm as I write this and fatigue is starting to set in \u2026 my brain is devoid of power as it\u2019s all been redirected to my legs \u2026 so I\u2019m going to call it a day now and close up my computer. If you\u2019ve got a few minutes check out my Santa Cruz Blur here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Till tomorrow dudes and dudettes …<\/p>\n

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