The opportunity to write about the challenge did not present itself yesterday. I was concerned about writing about the Instagram de-following family member. I didn't want someone to read this and ...
Healthy Lifestyle Challenge – Day Two
Onto day two of my challenge and I am still marvelling at the amount of work that goes into taking a picture of one's meals. My plan is to get my proper DSLR camera out and experiment with exposure, ...
Healthy Lifestyle Challenge – Day One
I've decided to "challenge" myself by participating in my dietitian friend, Taryn's, 30 day Healthy Lifestyle Challenge. My decision was brought about by a couple of reasons. Firstly, I wanted to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Life Rolls On
As I mentioned in my last post, Battle on the Border was looking to be a shaky prospect due to the torrential rain that flooded the Murwillimbah area at the end of March. Sensibly, the event ...
Battling to get to the Border.. four weeks to go
As the title suggests, not all is well with my campaign to race the Battle on the Border event. The inclement weather that I discussed being the bane of a cyclist's life morphed into a cyclone, which ...
Battle on the Border prep – T minus five weeks
Training for Battle on the Border commenced this week and already I've been "battling" on several fronts this week. Firstly, it's been a battle to get out this week and train due to rainy weather. ...
What’s next? First, a little physiological testing!
It seems a common phenomena for those participating in a big event to feel some type of "post event letdown", however I attribute a good recovery, a little time off the bike, and some thought about ...