Sicko path!!
Just been so unwell this last week. I recall cancelling my Spin coaching class last Friday mainly because I had a bad flu. I persisted with it on the Saturday AM ride. Guy Pritchard took this and we got in around 75kms of pretty hard riding, a lot of it TT style. Interestingly enough, we went via the Wandi time trial circuit and the route in general was fairly new to us.
We have new sprint design bike jerseys now - we are now ‘Team Force’ and, thanks to some sponsors, notably Force Equipment, Pure Fitness Gym, Power Alliance and Slater Gartrell Sports, we will ride the Cyclosportif Byford 106km ride with new jerseys on 23 August. Going to be a tough ride and some hill training called for I fear.
As previously stated, I’ll be setting up a few bike racks at Cardiac Hill, The Truth and the Zig Zag as part of Painathlon 2009 so am happy to be a volunteer this time around instead of a participant. Going to be a tough gig with just under 70 competitors. Come along and watch them getting up Jacob’s Ladder at the end. A very tough event indeed.
I wasn’t well enough to do Sunday’s time trial at Champion Lakes as part of ATTA (www.atta.asn.au) I think only one person posted a PB which meant the course was a little different, perhaps a little longer and I do recall conditions on the last Champion Lakes ITT were ideal.
Daughter will be in Melbourne watching the Carlton Geelong match tonight. Fingers crossed for the blue baggers!! Really wanted to take Dee to watch the Kransky Sisters - very quirky humour. Not sure whether she’d be into it. Their style of prim, proper, Gothic-style humour very hard to pinpoint and describe.
Don’t forget the Friggin Loon. Remains very funny and very edgy.
Didn’t get around to watching the Avon Descent. We’ve been following David Koch’s Kilimanjaro attempt with interest as he is with Therese Rein, Joe Hockey and several others. Very challenging stuff.
Had some recent dramas getting my solar hot water system serviced. Won’t bore you with the hassles I’ve had. Good help is hard to find!!
English Premier League starting back soon. AFL Dream Team sailing along pretty well for both me and my son. He tends to score around 2000 points and I seem to hover around 1800 to 1900. Not too bad though - pretty addictive stuff.
Amazing, I cycled in on a day this week with my Gravity Zero wheels on - and it’s amazing, like a red rag to a bull. Everyone just assumes that because you have the blingy wheels that it’s worth racing me. It shouldn’t surprise but I won’t make a habit of using them for my commutes. The Mavic Ksyriums and DA22s are more than enough. I have the yellow and red Colnago Cromor set up with mudguards for the daily commute and I bring out Sparkles to play occasionally.
Can someone tell me what interest rates are going to do? And the Aussie dollar going gangbusters. Unemployment likely to peak at 6.5%. Economic growth - where to, how to forecast. It all does my head in.
Good luck to all Painathlon competitors (and to Perth Glory tonight against Adelaide in the soccer)
CHRISTO