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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 874881" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>I think it is largely a case of Cheetahs underperforming away from home and visiting teams underperforming in Bloem. Altitude is real. I ran 400m hurdles relatively competitively (it took a young Wayde van Niekerk to beat my WP record that stood more than a decade.. and the dude didn't even really focus on hurdles- what an athlete!... anyway..) at school and the national championships were always up North, in either Jo'Burg, or Germiston, or Pretoria etc etc, IE our central, dense and populated areas. Anyway, I always way underperformed and then the rare occasion a pre-season meet was in the Cape I'd do very well and one time even came close to LJ van Zyl. Anyway, the burning lungs and rare air get to you if you aren't used to it and that was just over 50 seconds so I can imagine what a stop start 80 minutes might feel like even to pro athletes if they aren't used to it.</p><p></p><p>Cheetahs have a rep for traveling poor in any case. It'll even out as they get more fixtures in Europe again I'd imagine and probably unless the Cheetahs have a belter I expect Glasgow will have the better of it on the weekend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 874881, member: 39190"] I think it is largely a case of Cheetahs underperforming away from home and visiting teams underperforming in Bloem. Altitude is real. I ran 400m hurdles relatively competitively (it took a young Wayde van Niekerk to beat my WP record that stood more than a decade.. and the dude didn't even really focus on hurdles- what an athlete!... anyway..) at school and the national championships were always up North, in either Jo'Burg, or Germiston, or Pretoria etc etc, IE our central, dense and populated areas. Anyway, I always way underperformed and then the rare occasion a pre-season meet was in the Cape I'd do very well and one time even came close to LJ van Zyl. Anyway, the burning lungs and rare air get to you if you aren't used to it and that was just over 50 seconds so I can imagine what a stop start 80 minutes might feel like even to pro athletes if they aren't used to it. Cheetahs have a rep for traveling poor in any case. It'll even out as they get more fixtures in Europe again I'd imagine and probably unless the Cheetahs have a belter I expect Glasgow will have the better of it on the weekend. [/QUOTE]
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