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What you Knee(d) to know: An athletes perspective
First things first. Pain is your bodies way of saying something is wrong. With racing a bike knee pain is probably one of the most common...
Mariske Strauss
Dec 10, 20182 min read
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Racing is fun!
Can you believe it’s already two weeks since my first “race” of the year?! Best part if the next is around the corner! Man it was good to...
Mariske Strauss
Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Recovery and What's next
When it rains it pours! It has been a rough couple of week friends but in the same breath I am so thankful. I still choose to believe...
Mariske Strauss
Jul 3, 20232 min read
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What's up friends?!
Good day all my lovelies. Time is flying! For those of you that might have missed it, on the 6th of May it was officially 3 months since...
Mariske Strauss
May 17, 20232 min read
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Diagnosis...
What do you do when your whole world is turned upside down? I have been hard at work preparing and getting myself ready for the fight of...
Mariske Strauss
Feb 13, 20232 min read
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Can you believe it’s almost 2023?! Feels like 2019 was yesterday but here we are a short week away from ticking off 2022. I thought I...
Mariske Strauss
Dec 23, 20223 min read
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XCE WC - Paris, FRA
Oui Oui, PARIS! Last weekend marked a momentous occasion. Racing under the Eiffel Tower! Who would have thought I would ever get to do...
Mariske Strauss
Sep 13, 20223 min read
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XCE World Cup- Leh, IND
India, what an experience, a bit scarred, and not sure if it was just me but traveling in India with a bike seems to be quite the story!...
Mariske Strauss
Sep 9, 20223 min read
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XCE World Cup – Indonesia
I don’t know about you but the weeks seem to be blending into one another! Almost time to get ready for the next XCE World Cup and I’ve...
Mariske Strauss
Sep 1, 20223 min read
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XCE World Cup, Sakarya TUR
This past weekend was my first time back racing in what feels like forever! As an athlete, we are wired to race and when life comes at...
Mariske Strauss
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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Sometimes we are forced to stop
Today I was supposed to walk with the rest of the South African team and celebrate the start of the 22nd Commonwealth Games hosted by...
Mariske Strauss
Jul 28, 20221 min read
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SA XCO Champs 2022
What a whirlwind of emotions. To tell you the truth I am in two minds, on the one side am I disappointed that I wasn’t able to take back...
Mariske Strauss
Jul 5, 20222 min read
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2022 XCO Zadov-CZE
From serious pollen in Nove Mesto na Morave(NMNM) to being airlifted off the course in Zadov… I think it’s safe to say this was not my...
Mariske Strauss
May 23, 20223 min read
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2022 XCO World Cup-Nove Mesto na Morave
Life does not always go the way we plan. I have learned this simple fact many times in my life and even though I know this to be true it...
Mariske Strauss
May 18, 20223 min read
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2022 SA XCO #3 – Summerplace, Limpopo
What a jam-packed month this is turning out to be. I knew it would be that’s also partly why I decided to come home for a week before...
Mariske Strauss
May 6, 20222 min read
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AFRICAN Continental Championships
Hard work is paying off! This past weekend was the African Continental Championships held in Windhoek, Namibia. The track was rocky and...
Mariske Strauss
Apr 26, 20222 min read
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ABSA Cape Epic '22
Can you believe it is already over 2 weeks since we finished?! Let me take you through this year's Epic in a fraction of the time, and...
Mariske Strauss
Apr 11, 20225 min read
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SA XCO Cup #1 - Parys
What a week… The first race of the XCO SA Cup season kicked off this weekend in Koedoeslaagte just outside Parys, Free State. Never...
Mariske Strauss
Feb 28, 20222 min read
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Tankwa Trek 2022
The first race of the season is always a bit of a crazy one, although this was my second one it was my first stage race. I lined up with...
Mariske Strauss
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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Attakwas '22
I can hardly believe the year has officially kicked off, on a hot note... a very, very hot one. For those of you that don't know this...
Mariske Strauss
Jan 17, 20223 min read
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