I'm racing tomorrow at Lysterfield Chase The Sun 5 Hour. The Rush is looking and running well, and I just want to ride my bike. I logged onto the web site tonight to check out what time I had to be there to register tomorrow - guess what I found? That you can only register prior to race day !! Can you believe it? What a crock !! Well, I'm turning up on race day to register - if they won't give me my race number, I'll just ride anyway...Snozza can go blow it out his arse if he thinks that's a reasonable expectation.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Let's hope the weekend gets better
Not such a good day today. Work is demanding and I'm putting pressure on myself, I've got 2 assignments due next week, and it's raining. Evan wore most of my stress. A visit to the chiropractor was the first positive step. An afternoon of the house to myself to work on my assignment helped.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Another race, another ride, all good fun
The Forrest 6 Hour was ridden in a mixed pairs - team Recreation Not Procreation hit the trails again, but in a pretty casual way. I'd been at uni all week and overall very unfit - Evan had the 'flu all week. It rained for the first hour - Evan best not riding in the rain - me a case of the can't be stuffed. Evan eventually headed out for 3 laps. I did 3 laps. But the ride was only part of the really awesome day.
The dogs were at the race and had a great time. Buzzy socialised and was open to pats and attention. Beep said hello to a select few and wanted to rip the face of two other dogs. But overall they were so well behaved. The photo (still to come) is pretty much a reflection of the day...the spare chair was where I was sitting, Beep in the other chair, Buzz and Evan in the crate. It was so nice to be able to show off my well-behaved babies.
Tory Thomas and Tim Retchford (with occasional visits from Hamish) shared our tent, not that Tory was in the tent for long having done the event as a solo. But the laughs were good and it was great to see mum Tory working it like she always does. My inspiration.
Back to Creswick for another week of uni, and I found a few mtb friends in my Bushfire Planning & Management subject. A 1.5hr ride after lectures was a great way blow off the days learnings before heading back for more homework at night. Thanks to my new friends.
The dogs were at the race and had a great time. Buzzy socialised and was open to pats and attention. Beep said hello to a select few and wanted to rip the face of two other dogs. But overall they were so well behaved. The photo (still to come) is pretty much a reflection of the day...the spare chair was where I was sitting, Beep in the other chair, Buzz and Evan in the crate. It was so nice to be able to show off my well-behaved babies.
Tory Thomas and Tim Retchford (with occasional visits from Hamish) shared our tent, not that Tory was in the tent for long having done the event as a solo. But the laughs were good and it was great to see mum Tory working it like she always does. My inspiration.
Back to Creswick for another week of uni, and I found a few mtb friends in my Bushfire Planning & Management subject. A 1.5hr ride after lectures was a great way blow off the days learnings before heading back for more homework at night. Thanks to my new friends.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
I'm Back...
Well, I'm back on. Back on my blog, back on the bike, back in Victoria, and back studying.
First race was the Wombat 100. Well, the Wombat 50. Which turned into the Wombat 20. A big step back into racing, I decided to ride 'cattle class' and took on the Wombat 50. 15km into the event I had a mechanical that meant I limped my way 5km to the next marshall station, where I got a lift back to the event centre. But until then, I was having a great time, if not a little frustrated with the inabilities of others on the technical stuff. But I rode with a few really great guys (including my Giant friend) and enjoyed the experience.
And as if getting back into racing isn't taking up enough of my time, I decided this year to start post grad studies - Post Grad Diploma in Bushfire Management - 2 years part time. I'm enjoying the mental challenge of studying again, but still working out the finer details of balancing working full time, studying part time, and trying to train enough so that races are enjoyable.
On Saturday I'm riding in the Forrest 6 Hour in a Mixed Pairs. It will be casual, it will be cold, but it will be fun.
Keep you posted.
First race was the Wombat 100. Well, the Wombat 50. Which turned into the Wombat 20. A big step back into racing, I decided to ride 'cattle class' and took on the Wombat 50. 15km into the event I had a mechanical that meant I limped my way 5km to the next marshall station, where I got a lift back to the event centre. But until then, I was having a great time, if not a little frustrated with the inabilities of others on the technical stuff. But I rode with a few really great guys (including my Giant friend) and enjoyed the experience.
And as if getting back into racing isn't taking up enough of my time, I decided this year to start post grad studies - Post Grad Diploma in Bushfire Management - 2 years part time. I'm enjoying the mental challenge of studying again, but still working out the finer details of balancing working full time, studying part time, and trying to train enough so that races are enjoyable.
On Saturday I'm riding in the Forrest 6 Hour in a Mixed Pairs. It will be casual, it will be cold, but it will be fun.
Keep you posted.
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