Hi, I'm Andrew Woodward and I want to ride to cure cancer because too many of our family have been impacted by this horrible disease. Four years ago when my mother in law was taken from us way to early I promised my wife Jodie that one day I would do…
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Hi, my name is Andrew Woodward and I have a problem, last Thursday due to the wind in the morning I didn’t go out for my planned 90 minute ride. For the entire day I was like a bear with … Continue reading →
I’ve borrowed this quote from the TDC website, it’s a great reflection of what we are trying to achieve: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. Indeed, its the only thing that ever has.” … Continue reading →
A relatively quite week this past 7 days, my last easy week before the Tour. Training was a bit different this week after my training buddy Owen had an accident last Sunday. He has some bad bruising on his hip … Continue reading →
This Tour De Cure journey keeps throwing up surprises and amazing results. This week I have passed $30,000 raised, which is twice my original target, a target that at the time of setting I thought was going to be a … Continue reading →
This week saw the count down fall below 50 days. We now have only 7 weeks to prepare which is really bringing a focus to training and fundraising. A relatively slow week for fundraising, although another milestone as my tally … Continue reading →
Another passes and now we are just 8 weeks away from Tour, and we can now say that it is next month, wow. A moderate week for training this week, a total of 387kms and 6,953 of ascent metres. A … Continue reading →
Another week has passed in what seems like a blink of the eye. It is starting to get close now and training will ramp up over coming weeks with a concentration of some longer rides up to 180km and back … Continue reading →
It was back to work this week and that means a few earlier starts. As a result I’m feeling quite tired and have required a couple of nana naps over the weekend. 🙂 This week was ‘hardest’ in the training … Continue reading →
Another week passes so quickly and after almost four weeks of annual leave, it’s time to go back to work tomorrow. This week was my first week of ‘specific’ training after 12 weeks of base building and included a couple … Continue reading →
Wow, the half way mark already. This week was the last of my base building phase. A total of 370km for the week. Next week is the start of specific preparation which will include some longer rides and some back … Continue reading →