Tucking into a big bowl of porridge, contemplating whether I go to the footy on Sat Night (WCE vs Carlton).
Just beautiful training weather. Unless you’re an Avon competitor (or a farmer) , its been pretty good winter training weather of late. Friday was the usual cycle to Deepwater Pt at 5.10am and meet with Sarah [...]

Not this Sunday but next is the Pinjarra Cyclosportif. We have at least 10 of you confirmed so far for the 45km distance (which will basically be from Pinjarra up to Dwellingup and return). I’m still not sure about the A team (A distance 75kms). If we do need to expand to two teams for [...]

To all of you potential starters for the Pinjarra Cyclosportif. The good news is that distance for the B team is only 45kms and for the A team a mere 75kms. The bad news is that there’s a hill about 10kms long between Pinjarra and Dwellingup. Some of you will also be familiar with the [...]

Cyclosportif is team riding over a  course that varies between around 80kms and up to 110kms. At Lancelin we had a team of 5 riders and it was a windy day with plenty of undulation. A couple of our riders were clearly fitter and full credit to them.
At York, we, again, had 5 riders (you [...]

A fair bit to write about. Not that my actual training load was all that great. On Thursday, Brendan and I did the training ride from Narrows…..and noone else showed up. Brendan showed some ticker by putting in a hard ride and then backing up with a run around Deepwater Pt. Well done Breno!
Saturday was [...]

It seems so much of my life revolves around training - running, cycling, swimming. And it’s often hard to know why the allure of events that cause pain is still there!
Busselton Ironman, Half Ironman, Painathlon, Rotto Marathon, Rottnest Channel Swim, Half Marathons, Cyclosportif, ATTA events (time trials), etc etc.
Then there’s the times you head off [...]

I often feel like using this line when I pass those cars with the word THOR covering their back windscreen. I came, I thor, I conquered….or I thought I thor a puddy tat!!
But after 15 ascents of Jacob’s ladder yesterday morning with around 130kms of cycling down to Pinjarra Rd and return from Canning Vale, [...]

It’s a little hard to know where to start with this report. In my entire 45 years of existence I have never had a muscle injury or soft tissue for that matter. It is with some disappointment that I have to report a calf muscle tear into my first 14kms of running the marathon. Stupidly [...]

RACE REPORT FROM A VOLUNTEER
The day started for me at 3.30am…the alarm went off…I’d just got to sleep at midnight after attending a friends birthday party. I got my gear together and cycled in from Canning Vale into the city on the old Colnago.I noticed how windy it was. I started feeling sorry for the [...]

I find myself in an unusual situation with Ironman WA in 8 weeks time. I have my wife training for the marathon as part of a team, following a training plan. Today, I cycled 150kms from the Narrows to Pinjarra Rd and return with their team cyclist Liz on her new Cervelo P3 and new [...]