I was up at 2:30am to get to the airport for the first flight to Melbourne. Uneventful flight. Very easy transfer via skybus and train to Richmond, where our bikes got assembled while we had lunch. I then took ages to try to pack my bikes in my miniscule bike packing bags, while Greg realised […]
The most fun cyclocross course in a flat grassy meadow. After my third place finish in my previous cyclocross race, I was super motivated to get another podium finish today. I did a course recon (as per usual), a good warmup, and some visualizations of how to tackle the muddy corners. There were only four […]
Another weekend, another great day for a cycling adventure! This weekend was the Garvey Park cyclocross double header, with racing both Saturday and Sunday – the biggest weekend of cyclocross racing in WA. Saturday The weather was idyllic, sunny, calm and mild. The course was smashing – a steep downhill, a couple of short sandy […]
The Swift Campout is an event that originated in the Northern Hemisphere. The idea is to get out on a weekend close to the solstice…. in the North Hemisphere, this is the summer solstice when there are maximal daylight hours and probably good weather. In Australia it is winter solstice with shorter days and higher […]
Back for another round of cyclocross racing! After a week of endurance riding in Japan, my aerobic fitness was great, and I’d done just a couple of high intensity training sessions to give me the confidence that I could get through the sustained high intensity of a cyclocross race. My objectives for the race were […]
This is post is even more epic than the last one… you have been warned! Enjoy 🙂 Monday 21 May We drive about 15 min to our starting point, just near a little river. I get a photo with some pilgrims and a group photo before we do our ride briefing and head off. I borrowed one […]
This blog post is Part 1 of my trip to Japan, the sight-seeing bit focused around Kyoto. Apologies for the lazy sentence structure but I’m sure most of you will only look at the photos anyway! Wednesday 16 May Fly Perth to Singapore. Two movies long. Great in flight entertainment system. Singapore airport is lovely, […]
