Pre Epic Matters

And then there was news!

On Tuesday morning we arrived in the Mother city after a 12 h night flight from Zurich where we met the rest of the Meerendal team. It felt like we highjacked the plane since half of it was filled with the black Meerendal polo’s and caps.

A short ride brought us to the Meerendal Wine estate. We call it our second home since we already spent three weeks here earlier this year.

Our days so far have been busy with bike rides, meetings, races, dinners, lunches, massages, and coffee breaks. We are always busy doing something, even relaxing is a part of the program.

Tomorrow though is D-day.Tomorrow we reach the point of no return. We will get our registration done, receive our rider bags and all will be definitive.

Let's go through our days by these pictures, as images say more than words. 

Feels like coming home

Race board for the Champs race in Kayamandi Stellenbosh

On Wednesday we participated to the Champs race organized by Christoph Sauser, founder of the Songo.info project. A foundation set up to keep children of the streets by getting them on the bike. Check it out on their Facebook page. 

Laura got fifth behind Ariane Kleinhans, Anika Langvad and our team mates Esther Süss and Hielke Elferink, I finished somewhere behind in 7th place. 

An example of how far the team goes in branding is these shoes. Apart from t-shirts, polos, sweaters and caps, we all received personalized Takkies ( =  sneakers )

Acrobatic Laura doing some core stability. 

The coolest team of Team Meerendal

And the coolest part of our stay so far: we visited Richard Scotts  atelier and made our own and unique Richard Scott painting. For those who don't know Richard Scott: it's our team mate but most importantly, it's an artist. Remember his name since his paintings are going around the world for a lot of money ...

Knock , knock, it's us! :-)

Silence, the master speaks!

Full concentration

Don't breath!

A sneak preview of a big project