Well, it’s after 8am and I’m about 5km from where I slept last night. It’s going to be hot today, so important that I get moving quickly and get some distance in while it is still cool. The problem is, I’m sore.
Less than two days…
Good news! It turns out that my bike handles superbly under emergency braking! Even better, I didn’t even lose any skin finding that out!
It is very close to start time. I’m in Germany right now and I put the bike together the other day and took it for a spin to get the cobwebs out. It turned out to be a really good training ride for TCR Continue reading “Less than two days…”
Why beyondblue?
Well this post isn’t about bikes, and you might think it is a little bit (melo)dramatic, but a few people have been asking me why I am riding for beyondblue so I thought I’d let you know.
Continue reading “Why beyondblue?”
Are we there yet?
I’m ready to start. Maybe not in terms of having done all the preparation I need, and certainly not in terms of having done all of the training I need, but mentally I am at the stage where I just want to start racing now. Unfortunately, I still have over three weeks to wait. Continue reading “Are we there yet?”
It’s here! Well, almost…
Someone said to me today that I looked like an expectant father. Apparently I was never more than 30cm from my phone and I checked it compulsively about every 15 minutes. It wasn’t because I was expecting a new child. Continue reading “It’s here! Well, almost…”
When the guy making your frame is an artist, as well as a craftsman!
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It seems quiet, but…
OK, it looks like everything has gone quiet here. I tell you now that looks are deceiving. Things are actually ramping up quite a lot.
The key point is that I’ve been getting in some good training. You can do all the planning that you want, and turn up with the best selection of gear, but if you can’t pedal the bike Continue reading “It seems quiet, but…”
Ride in Peace
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been watching the IndyPac – The Indian Pacific Wheel Race. Five and a half thousand kilometres from Freemantle to Sydney, following a set course but otherwise pretty similar in concept to the Transcontinental. I have to tell you, it has been scary. Continue reading “Ride in Peace”
Victory Loves Preparation
So I had a pretty hard day last Saturday, starting with racing a tough race (my legs weren’t great and it showed in the results, but I rode an honest race so I am pretty happy about it) and then going on for quite a lot of climbing, which was very, very slow.
On my ride though I met, and then met again, a young bloke new to the area who was looking to get into road racing. He said Continue reading “Victory Loves Preparation”
A Few Key Stats
Hi,
I got an email the other day asking for some of the more detailed statistics of the ride. Now of course the big problem is that I don’t actually know what they are. For a start, I don’t yet have the exact location of the control points or the required sections. I’m expecting that these will be announced sometime Continue reading “A Few Key Stats”