Sunday, March 08, 2009

Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour

Whew! What a name!

For those individuals who don't know what the Argus is... it's a 108km cycle race around the Cape Peninsula. Every year it gets more and more popular, with South Africans and international types alike. This year, there were about 35,000 entrants of which just over 11,000 were first timers. This year, there was also the worst wind possible. In fact, in the early hours of the morning the organisers were contemplating cancelling because the wind was gusting at hurricane levels. At least the riders couldn't complain it was hot!

Graeme's brother and father were riding a tandem. Rob has done the race several times already. (Last time he did it, he did it twice in one day... for charity, granted, but still!) It was his dad's first time though, so the family rallied to support at various places. First us was us and G's mom, further down the track was Phil and his wife, yet further was Rob's financeé, and at the finish was Cath and her hubbie. Despite the wind, their time was pretty good - about 5 1/2 hrs.

While waiting to see them (the starts were delayed to increase safety and spread the groups out because of the wind), I was playing with my phone to learn how to take better pics with it - and got some nice ones. (Needless to say I also got a lot of crud!) I thought I may as well share some of them with you. Enjoy.

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