Competitive Cycling - Goals and dreams and hard work
Blog URL http://competitivecycling.blogspot.com
Located Brisbane, Queensland Australia
Tags cycling, bike racing, training, nutrition
Whoever said "May the best man win" forgot to ask the girls if they wanted to play.
Latest Blog Posts
- Can't always win on Nov 19, 2009
Some days you win, some days you loose. Today I lost. The fight for the parking spot. At the shopping mall. When I was getting sushi for lunch.Before reversing into my spot I waited for the big black boisterous BMW to pass safely. He just drove aroun...
- And at night the hills are watching me on Nov 15, 2009
Last week Alberto got up with me every morning. I suspect he didn't trust that I wouldn't slip into the spare bedroom, which now has a bed in it, ready for my parent's visit in a few weeks. There was a fair chance, too.This week he slept straight thr...
- Mt Hotham is not for the squeamish on Nov 13, 2009
Last year's file!brown line = altitude, red line = heart rate, blue line = speedI can picture the café in Harrietville, where I plummeted into the chair after the descent of last year's Mt Hotham stage, not able to move for ages and intensely gratef...
- Mt Hotham is not for the squeamish on Nov 13, 2009
Last year's file!brown line = altitude, red line = heart rate, blue line = speedI can picture the café in Harrietville, where I plummeted into the chair after the descent of last year's Mt Hotham stage, not able to move for ages and intensely gratef...
- Bullies on Australian roads on Nov 9, 2009
I got attacked four times during a short two hour training ride to McAfees lookout. That was a week ago.Twice by busses on Waterworks Road and once by a magpie. The forth attack was something else, a grey bird, a touch smaller than a magpie and after...
- Bullies on Australian roads on Nov 9, 2009
I got attacked four times during a short two hour training ride to McAfees lookout. That was a week ago.Twice by busses on Waterworks Road and once by a magpie. The forth attack was something else, a grey bird, a touch smaller than a magpie and after...
- Concentrate on the task at hand and ignore the pain on Nov 7, 2009 in Race Report
Kim Flesser, one of the very experienced sprinters in the club who regards being called "sandbagger" an honour, was right next to me. We had just past the start/finish area of the Lakeside race circuit for the very last lap. The 40 minutes prior I ha...
