I’ve just finished my first weekend of epic adventure on my way to turning 50 – participating in the Queensland State Individual and Team Time Trial events, held in Rosevale, which is a small town west of Ipswich. My weekend didn’t get off to a great start as I managed to take a wrong turn […]
Another year older, another year for adventure
Yesterday I turned 49. That brought about a few comments and questions such as, “you must be getting ready for the big one!” and “what are you going to do when you turn 50?” Naturally I’ve been thinking about turning fifty and what type of adventures I could have to mark such a milestone. Writing […]
Why I’m strength training (and why you should too!)
Long time readers that know me well and close friends will know that I have had a love/hate relationship with strength training. Initially, while how I loved how it could make you look,it seemed that with a hyper mobile pelvis and sacroiliac joint issues, that I’d take two steps forward and one and a half […]
Time to start blogging! (again)
It’s been a long time between blogs and to be honest, with all the ‘noise’ that the internet generates with Facebook, Instagram and the like, I’ve been wondering whether blogging is a welcome addition or not. Yet, occasionally I read back on some of my race reports and various fitness experiences and am glad I […]
Mardi Bartlett Classic Report
“In memory of Mardi Bartlett. Born into eternal life, March 1st 2014”. Last Sunday marked the fourth edition of University of Queensland Cycling Club’s “Mardi Bartlett Classic” road race which was established in 2014 to honour the life of member, Mardi Bartlett, whose dream was to encourage more women into the sport of cycling. With […]
Balmoral Women’s Tour report
My foray back into racing continued last weekend – I competed in the Balmoral Women’s Tour. It’s not often that you get a chance to compete in a mini tour, with stage races, so when the Balmoral Cycling Club announced that it was running a Juniors and Women’s Tour, I jumped at the opportunity to […]
Lifecycle Classic 2017 Race Report
This past weekend, I competed in the Lifecycle Classic road race. The race is done in a handicap style, with the aim of giving all riders a handicap that in a perfect world gives everyone the opportunity to win. After coming dead last in the previous year, I was hesitant about entering the race again. […]
Balmoral Metros Race Report
This past weekend I continued my foray back into racing and participated in the Balmoral Metropolitan Championships race weekend. The event consisted of a criterium on Saturday, followed by a hilly road race on Sunday. After all of the improvements I have seen in training, I was keen to see how they would stack […]
An “Ironman” coaching and training success story!
Recently I had the pleasure of training a terrific athlete (and person) for his first Ironman triathlon. Sean and I were originally teammates on the Koiled racing team. However we used to discuss triathlon as I prepared for Mooloolaba Tri post hamstring surgery, and he contemplated the idea of whether an Ironman triathlon, […]
A Mad Fun Coot-tha Challenge!
It’s been awhile since I have done the Great Brisbane Bike Ride, including the Mt Coot-tha Challenge. In fact, I set a personal best time up the hill in 2013, a time that I had not been able to beat for the past three or so years, despite many attempts. As some of you may […]