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March 03 2024 – Day Two and Three of the Old Legs Tour of New Zealand from…
Day 2 stats
Distance - 88 km
Time- 7.15 hrs
Climb - 1131 meters.
Average heart rate -122 bpm
Highest…
March 01 2024 – Day One of the Old Legs Tour of New Zealand from Cape Reinga…
Distance - 124 km
Time- 10.27
Climb - 767 meters.
Average speed- 11.9 km
Average heart rate -132 bpm…
The Old Legs Tour of New Zealand – 25 February 2024 -D Day minus 5.
The Old Legs New Zealand Tour got off to a flying start for Jenny and I, but unfortunately only as far as…
The Third World As Seen From The Saddle – February 18th 2024
Happy Valentine’s Day for a few days ago. Despite 35 years in the business of growing cut flowers, I gave Jenny a…
The Third World As Seen From The Saddle – 04 February 2024
Jen and I fly to New Zealand in less than 3 weeks. We are very excited to be escaping Zimbabwe for a short…
The Third World As Seen From The Saddle -21 January 2024
We will ride 2902 kilometres and climb 32024 metres in 26 riding days with 4 rest days. I am rather daunted by what…
The Third World As Seen From The Saddle – January 8 2024
Shock, horror and expletives. With just 53 sleeps to go, the Old Legs Tour of New Zealand looms larger than an…
October 13, 2023 – The Third World As Seen From The Saddle –
I’m climbing Mt Everest on my bike, 8849 meters of up. So far, I’ve climbed 5296 meters. To tell the truth, I am…
May 24, 2023 – The Third World As Seen From The Saddle –
I am about to embark on my 7th Old Legs Tour in 6 years, and I still can’t spell minimalistic. We have started…
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Ezytrack, Zimbabwe’s leading GPS Monitoring Company and inventor of ‘Where is Chicken…