I’ve been plodding along over here in my corner of the world continuing to train for the Lake Taupo Challenge. There have been some long rides, some of them quite tough, but I have framed them in what I describe as “ordinary living” as there are people all over the world doing long tough rides, […]
Tour De Valley Festival of Time Trialling
This weekend’s experience, as part of the rapid march to age fifty, involved participating in a 72km Team Time Trial (TTT). A few weeks back I was privileged to be asked to guest ride for Splatt Lawyers Racing as part of a mixed team – and I have been partaking in Thursday morning team training […]
Brisbane to Gold Coast Cycle Challenge Report
This year I was privileged to be asked to be an ambassador for the Brisbane to Gold Coast Cycle Challenge which is a yearly participation event held by Bicycle Queensland in October. It consists of riding 100km from Brisbane to the Gold Coast and the event often presents the opportunity for riders to nail their […]
Prepping for the next adventure!
My next little adventure on the way to turning fifty is going to take some preparation. The good news is that although I haven’t seen many ‘personal bests’ this year, I’ve still been able to maintain a relatively decent level of fitness, which will provide a bit of springboard towards my next adventure, The Lake […]
A weekend of racing and riding
*See if you can spot me in the picture! This weekend I experienced racing as a guest rider for Splatt Lawyers Racing in the Queensland Road Teams Series event, held at Elimbah. There was both pleasure and pain involved. The QRTS is a series of road cycling events held over three weekends and run in […]
A weekend of time trialling (State ITT and TTT report)
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 […]