This, from the FOODIE.

There it is people. Beer & pizza. Genius.

Real beer from &UNION, Jack Black, Birkenhead and Camelthorn. Wood-fired oven pizza from Knead. Music by the Swingsetters. All going down at the new Knead bakery in Palmyra Junction, which is a sh*thot space both inside and outdoors.

For anyone that didn’t get a chance to hit up the We ♥ Real Beer craft beer festival, this is the next best thing. And for everyone that did, this is the next best thing.

I’ll see you all there.

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9th December – 6pm – Knead Bakery, Palmyra Junction, 9 Palmyra Road, Claremont, Cape Town.

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It’s coming, with live music, food vendors and a seriously lekker afternoon out with the purveyors of real beer in Cape Town.

Who’s coming?

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On Friday, I was puttering around and came across a cool competition that had launched just minutes earlier. It was a prize to stay in one of the trailers, on top of the roof of the Grand Daddy Hotel. I googlefied my keyboard until it smoked and my fingers were in cramp but I managed to get the first correct entry in, and voila!

I am staying here tomorrow night, just for a night, for a bit of R&R.

Very swanky indeed. Earthy tones with texture and roughage. I laaaik it man. Should be fun.

This prompted a bit of a get together, and I have invited some peeps down to the Daddy Cool bar (say it again, with oomph this time… Daddy Cool) at 8pm for a drink and a catch up, and quite an eclectic crowd is gathering so far. If you want to join, drop me a mail on the contact page here as I need to RSVP numbers to the amazing staff who have been nothing short of fantastic in making sure all is ready for me. Here is the bar, by the way…

Quite mad eh… (and please note the Jack Black Draught Tap)

So drop me a note to say you are coming. Thank you to the Grand Daddy Hotel for the evenings accommodation, I am very much looking forward to my trailer. Hope to see you there.

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Its a bit later than normal, but here goes.

After a few weeks of successful racing I headed up to WP Trials on Friday last week with a bit of hesitance, as I was nursing an upper respiratory tract infection, commonly known as a Stuffy Head. I did not feel great and was going up to see how I went, but not to kill myself. My plan was to work hard in the swim and bike, and coast the run with a hopeful lead.

I knew some of the faster guys were not coming up and this gave me a bit of hope for the day as well.

We lined up on Saturday morning with the usual smack talk and chatter and I got a good spot on the swim line and before we knew it, we were off on our 2 laps. I hung with swim rabbit Emslie for about 300m and then backed off once I saw we had a gap on the group. I merely wanted to limit loss to Emslie but still build a bit of a break to the chasing pack before the bike got going.

My new Orca Alpha suit, boys and girls, is the shiznitz. It felt really amazing in the water, with less restriction on the arms than I have ever felt. I swim with quite straight arms, and the suit didn’t inhibit that for one second. Kudos to Orca, I think first 4 out the water were all in Orca suits.

Onto the bike, and the mission was to sit up till about 5km, then hammer till 30km, then spin into T2. Mission was on the way when at about 5km I passed young Emslie on the bike and motored by, riding hard (there may have been a bit of white foam on the mouth at this point), checking my Suunto to make sure I was keeping it above 170. At 10km, I had 75sec on 2nd place, at 20km, it was 120sec. On leg 3 I thought I heard a puncture and nearly platzed myself, but the faint noise wouldn’t go, even if the tire was staying hard.

At 30km I still had 120sec over Harold chasing, with a foxy Brendan Lowen on his ass like a fly to a vrot carcass in the sun. I could see they were catching as Harold murders the bike, his freakishly sized calves not being supportive for his running agendas. I was pumped full of Whaspgel by this stage and was ready to spin/hammer home, but I felt as if I was riding with someone holding onto my shirt.

The last leg was murder and I couldn’t understand why it seemed so much harder (inspection after the race revealed that the brakes had locked onto my rear wheel a little and it was tough to spin the wheel – hence the extra effort and loss of time in the last 20km) but kept spinning as I wanted to have semi-fresh legs for the run, whereas I knew the two behind were going to hammer all the way into T2.

The official gap was around 30sec into T2, but I set out running lightly up the hill, but not murdering myself. My Puma racers were perfect for the day, no socks, light, no blisters, and YELLOW!

All our flat running was about to pay off. I buried the downhills and the flats, going deep into GP circuits for inspiration. The lead went up to 1:30 by the end of lap 1, 2:30 by the end of lap 2 so that I had the time and space to chill on lap 3 heading home for a well deserved win, sinus and rubbing wheels couldn’t stop me today.

As I came into the finishline I knew that the sickness, the strange bike feeling and the new, much harder run route would add to around 5minutes of extra time, so to come in just over 2 hours was a happy achievement, and proof that these damn ME workouts have paid off, that the calorie counting has paid off, and that a new attitude is paying off.

Thanks to all my sponsors, you make it so much easier. Puma, Orca, Whasp, Suunto, Rockets (worn in the car on the way home for no sore legs the next day), Jack Black Beer (official recovery fuel).

all images credited to Tess

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Usain Bolt wants you to wear these for when he wins. Puma
is making them. Nice punt for one of the great partners who make Urban Ninja possible.

They tie to your back, so you can focus your arms on drinking a Jack Black whilst checking your heart rate on your Suunto , wearing your Rockets Compressox, with your Orca hoodie on for cold winter, and shooting a Whasp Green Mamba.

How was that for an associate punt? See – all my brands are what we in the biz like to call “complimentary services”.

Now go enjoy your weekend. I am going to use all my products this weekend. And next week…. I can announce that I have a new TITLE sponsor. I am very excited about this, but all I can say is that the trend of Urban Ninja having brands associated that are based on animal names continues… puma, whasp, orca…

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following the invite for the Beer Drinkers Union, this happened, in the space of an hour, over email.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Andrew

Brauteseth<andrewbrauteseth@gmail.com> wrote:

First Meeting tonight at 7.30 at Boo Radleys. Join us for a draft

of cape town’s finest.

andrew

twitter.com/brauteseth

lifestream: brauteseth.tumblr.com

andrewbrauteseth.co.za

0729418482

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Gareth Brauteseth

<garethbrauteseth@googlemail.com> wrote:

As an innaugural member I would officially like to express my

interest and make the last minute RSVP.

I look forward to meeting greeting and seeing

Out

G

On 16 Jul 2009, at 3:50 PM, Andrew Brauteseth wrote:

What do you mean innaugural member. You’re the official mc and

spokesperson.

Andrew

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Nic Muhl<nic@highlandfinance.co.za> wrote:

Due to unforeseen circumstances (I had no idea it was my birthday) I

Will be unable to attend the AGM.

I hereby give proxy to Andrew B for the vote of Jack Black as the

ultimate beer in all the land.

Warm regards

The Muhl

(more…)

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I can see it already…

Friday night, some fresh cold Draft Beer from Jack Black at HQ. I’ve heard we might be doing something after, but I am most likely to retire earlier as tomorrow morning is trail run time.

Gotta pack in…

Suunto Red Arrow…

Puma Trail Fox…

and one of these…

Ok.. maybe more than 1.

Then back home for the rugger. The fridge will be looking something like this…

the weekend, in one pure word… bliss!

To all my partners, who make my weekends that much easier… thank you!

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The legend of brewmaster Jack Black dates back to Prohibition, a time when beer was outlawed in America. Against all odds, Jack Black dedicated himself to bringing the finest lager to beer drinkers everywhere. Today, Jack Black Beer is brought to you in the spirit of his enterprise and the quest for the perfect lager.

Inspired by tradition, crafted with quality, Jack Black Beer is proud to bring you one of the world’s best tasting lagers.

hmmmm…

hot off the Press , Urban Ninja has teamed up with Jack Black Beer to do some strategerizing of the highest kind. I know many of you are Cape Town based and even though we are fiercely proud of our wines in the area, very little is known about a local company making amazing beer right here, on our doorstep.

I have known the brand for a while now, and its wonderful to announce a formal relationship with the brand (that being, the opportunity to consume more beer, more often, with more people).

You can find it on tap and in bottles at your local favorite – Caprice, Mount Nelson, Daddy Cool. Its also available at your local bottle store, and then, if you want more, give me a shout and maybe we can arrange a case or two for you.

How yum is that?

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a while ago this arrived on the doorstep of Safehouse 2.0

what could it be?

is it some new sort of recovery beer?

all to be answered on wednesday!

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If you made it all the way here, I may as well direct you into the right direction from here…

1. Seth Godin discusses if marketing is evil.

2. Gordo is all about realities lately it seems.

3. Viljoensdrift Wines have a new BUBBLY! Hooray!

4. WebUrbanist has some great time lapse photography going on.

5. Alan Couzens has some vital information for the Ironman Athletes out there who should all be maxing out on recovery time between work outs right about now.

Have a great day people. If you want to see some quality product…

Kleinhoekkloof Wines
Puma
Orca
Jack Black Beer
Rockets Compression
Whaspgel
Suunto
Café Sociale

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