Blogging Block

I haven’t had much to say lately… many reasons. I love riding my bike I love going to work every day I love sport and activities with my family They are the three main reasons.  But also lately I’ve started to learn how to edit video with my new GoPro.  Bloody hell that soaks up …

Slightly faster than a wombat – Wombat 100km MTB

(The Wombat is a 100 k mountain bike race run in the Wombat State Forrest north of Melbourne.  Unlike endurance events, which are run on a lap course over a number of hours, the Wombat is a point-to-point race where none of the same trail is covered throughout the distance.  It’s 50/50 single trail and …

Making the most of it

(From the veranda at Porepunkah) I’m not really one for feeling old or for being worried about my age.  But since turning 46 in February, I guess you could say I’m a little frustrated.  It worries me slightly that life is already half over. The point being that you only have so much time to …

The Mont 24 – Riding through the night

(The Mont is a 24 hour mountain bike race in the Kowan State Forrest just outside Canberra. You can only enter teams of 4 or 6, with riders racing in relay; a lap at a time depending on rider strength and endurance. Our team – Stoneage Romeos entered in Mixed fours – was made up …

A couple of my kids giving it a shot. Smashin’ out the Melbourne ‘Try’-athlon.

So… It’s not all completely about cycling.  Sunday week ago, two of my three children gave the Melbourne Weetbix ‘Try’-athlon a go. This was Jack’s fourth year at it, so he clearly likes it.  It was worth a Try.   Here’s what I wrote about it two years ago in the context of some 6am-er banter.  Amazing to …

Dickie’s Loop – My first ever movie

Late in Summer I was really enjoying writing my blog again.  I get great satisfaction from hitting the keyboard and putting some thoughts down in black and white (or brown and cream as it would appear here).  I had thought I was on a real roll… … but then I went back to work.  And …