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BUPA Challenge Update 6 … The Clock’s ticking!

by | January 23, 2013

Only a couple more sleeps, and we’re on … I’m a little surprised that I’m excited at the thought of flogging my body like this 🙂 Today’s ride was a relatively easy 50km down to the beach and back – Tour Down Under certainly has dragged a...

BUPA Challenge Update 5

by | January 3, 2013

Well, it’s January now, and we’re less than four weeks away from the BUPA Challenge. Christmas is done, with remarkably little damage to the fitness! As promised, I’ve started throwing in a few more hills (I’m starting to know Lower North East...

BUPA Challenge Update 4

by | December 13, 2012

Well that was a bit too long a break – sorry 🙂 I got slowed down a little by another injury – golfing rather than cycling this time! Managed to step into a sprinkler hole leaving the 8th green at Tanunda Pines … you can all stop laughing now. Getting a...

BUPA Challenge Update 3

by | August 2, 2012

Couple of easy rides on the weekend – we were a bit pushed for time both days. I took the opportunity to try out the latest addition to our bike fleet: a Fluid Nitro MTB. Second-hand; purchased from a friend who is trading up. He warned me to watch the hydraulic...

BUPA Challenge Update 2

by | July 25, 2012

With the crash a couple of weeks ago, and a week in the sun and warmth of Darwin, it’s been a while between rides. We took a gentle ride around the parklands of Adelaide on Sunday; by the time we’d run into a bunch of friends along the way and stopped for...

BUPA Challenge Update 1 (possibly the first of many)

by | July 10, 2012

OK – so I’ve decided to ride 92km next January, and the furthest I’ve ridden up until now is about 40km less than that. Time to start work …  Last Thursday I decided to push it a bit on a ride I’ve done before: That’s actually the fastest...