It’s finally 2019 and I’m ready to hit the ground running with some new goals, plans and ideas. I particularly enjoy this time of the year as we all reflect on the year that has past and look ahead to the future. I love reading about peoples’ personal projects – which has inspired me to […]
L’Etape Australia 2018
Thought I had better update with “part two” of my recent adventures (it was going to be in three parts, but time constraints have dictated otherwise). After I finished Taupo, hubby and I headed to Rotorua to do a little bit of mountain biking. In the area of mountain biking, we are both complete novices, […]
Adventures, Part One – Lake Taupo Challenge
I’ve just spent a glorious ten days or so on holidays with the Mr. and it’s been filled with plenty of cycling adventures, three of them to be exact! First cab off the rank was the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge in New Zealand on November 24th. Our stay in New Zealand was a lot of […]
The joys of ordinary living
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 […]