The Endurance Club ZA

A special one today! Our very own Thomas Klopstra was the first Saffa, and 2nd overall, at the Durban Ironman 70.3. We break down his build up, his training, and the race day. He takes us in to the emotions, the highs, and also some of the lows of his race.

Such a cool insight in to racing at the front of South African age group racing!

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In today’s episode we sit down with Kayla South, the founder and driving force behind Silent Spokes. Silent Spokes is an initiative started by Kayla after her dad was killed by a car, while out on a ride back in 2024. The initiative aims to create awareness around road safety for cyclists, by putting real faces and stories to the statistics that we hear about, as well as to create a community and support system for cyclists who face these issues every ride. 

This was a very special chat with Kayla.

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The boys are back in the studio together. The first time in a long time. Not heaps of structure to this one - some chats about Ironman NMB, some talk about winter hobbies, a couple opinions on high-carb fuelling, and Thomas runs the guys through some rapid fire questions.

Stoked to have the three guys back together again.

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In this episode we sit down with Louise Bentley after her recent overall age-group win at Ironman South Africa. She managed to creep in just under 10hrs and secure her Kona slot. We speak through the financial strain of accepting your slot and the magic of the Kona Race as well as the recent allegations about the stop of Ironman South Africa or a potential venue change. 

Make sure you don’t miss this amazing chat with Louise!

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Just hours before the Ironman in Gqeberha kicks off, we headed to transition to hear from South Africa’s finest. 

Make sure you hear the latest from the SA pro’s ahead of the Ironman NMB on this week of The Endurance Club ZA!

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In today’s episode we sit down with PE local Ironman pro Keegan Cooke ahead of next week’s Ironman NMB. We chat about his time in to triathlon, about the start of his season, and he tells us all about his home race. He drops some nuggets of wisdom about the weather in the GQ, as well as the course specifics. This was a great chat with a great guy!

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In today’s episode we finish our streak of off-road / Xterra athletes. We sit down with Andrea Schöfmann, a Mozambican/South African mountainbiker and Xterra athlete. Andrea tells us about her background in to endurance sports, and how she went from being a competitive XCO mountainbike rider to winning the first triathlon she ever did - the Xterra Grabouw 2025.

She tells us about representing Mozambique, racing Xterra abroad, managing expectations as a rookie elite, and how she keeps it fun in the sport.

Make sure you tune in to hear from Andrea!

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We sit down with Werner Cloete, the CEO of Calling Education. Calling Education is the educational institution behind the Calling Cape Town Challenge. Werner tells us about his upbringing, and how he got in to education. What started Calling Education, and how the Calling Cape Town Challenge came from this idea.

The Calling Education system is incredibly inspiring, and we were very lucky to sit down with Werner and ask him all aspects of the schools and the triathlon challenge.

Werner is an incredible human being, so make sure you don’t miss this week’s episode of The Endurance Club ZA.

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In today’s episode we finally sit down with Cameron Macnair after his Samla Multisport adventure in Qatar. We chat about chasing a prize purse vs racing for fun, he gives us the full rundown on Samla and how it felt to incorporate hard paddling in his race, as well as whether or not a 20m draft rule would affect racing.

As per, this was a great chat with a great guy.

Make sure you don’t miss this week’s episode of The Endurance Club ZA, with Cameron.

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In today’s episode we speak with Adriaan Myburgh. Adriaan is fresh off a double header race weekend, where he raced the Auto&General SA Champs Cross Triathlon, as well as the MIdvaal SA Champs Long Distance Championship, where he came away with a first and a third place respectively. Adriaan takes us in to both of his races, as well as his decision to drop the pro license, before taking it up again next year.

Some great insights and nuggets of info from the champion.

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