The lead up This GC campaign was almost two years in the making. Last year was a stinker for me with my appendix bursting on a flight home from Washington just pre the race, some heart issues during the operation and then breaking my ribs later in the year! When I kicked off with CT in Feb at 90kgs I he was going to charges me an excess weight premium!! My first long runs were 12 slow ks, in the…
t was an inauspicious start to the day, groggily opening my eyes at 4.30am<x-apple-data-detectors://0> to see Birchy’s hairy back on the twin bed next to mine. But I was determined that things were going to improve from here. Jumped out of bed to see Barts and Jeet starting the pre-race routine. For Jeet this involves intense concentration and ignoring everyone around him. For Barts it involves bagging everyone out and generally being a pain in the ass. We were all…
From Saturday 1st of June to Saturday 8th of June my daily Strava activities were fairly boring red lines. They went from bottom to top with very little turning. Over 8 consecutive days I got to ride a mountain bike through northern Queensland with an awesome bunch of new people, for a good cause. What was I doing and why was I doing it, I hear you ask? I was riding for mental health. I was part of a charity…