Agnes Waters to Biloela 220km Today is a day that I would rather forget. Today started off well for me with spending time on the front at the start of the day but that was my first rooky mistake. It was pretty flat with some rolling hills and there was some roadworks as well along the way. My morning went pretty well but I must have missed some eating time …Read more
Hervey Bay to Agnes Waters – 262km Today we were up really early to get on the road early. Many of the guest riders had got up especially to see us off which was a welcome sight at 4.00am. Getting an early start though was a good call because we had so far to go. Getting into it early meant that we had 130km before 9,30am so we had knocked …Read more
Rainbow Beach to Hervey Bay 120km The day started with us getting on our bikes and riding down to the meeting point near the beach where we were to have breakfast and do the weekend Sunrise Cross’s with James Tobin. The atmosphere was a little more subdued today compared to yesterday as the pain of backing up from 140km yesterday was taking its toll on the guest riders. There …Read more
Noosa to Rainbow Beach 140 km Today was the first day of our two day guest riders stage. The excitement in the morning particularly around the new guest riders that had just arrived was unbelievable. The day looked great but there was still the threat of some showers during the day. Because there was 45 new guest riders we were split into 4 peletons and they were sent off in …Read more
Well I have been training for this day for a while and I have been hitting up everybody that I know for a donation for a while now and the day has finally come that I need to walk the walk instead of talking the talk!! Today is the start of Tour de Cure 2012. It was an early start to the day as we needed to make the trek …Read more
1.45pm on the 8th of March 2012 – Today was a day that I knew was coming but, one of those days that I dreaded. Today was the day we lost a great friend to cancer. Kathy was my business book keeper. Someone that had been around our business almost since we started. Someone that had looked after us not like an employee but someone that cared about what happened to …Read more
Well today I got the official nod for the 2012 Tour de Cure team. That means that in about 4 months time I will be riding 1650km from Brisbane to Mission Beach. Here is the confirmation CONGRATULATIONS! ……..You’re on the team for the 2012 Signature Tour from Brisbane to Mission Beach. As we embark on our 6th signature tour, we set our sights on inspiring a region that has …Read more
Well its started. With Tour de Cure only 4 short months away I need to get my bum into gear and start training. I have been riding a bit over the last few months but I can honestly say that I feel very out of condition at the moment !! I guess I will just need to start doing some hard work on the bike to get into gear for …Read more
Tour de Cure Route: Bendigo to Melbourne Distance: 156km Ascent: 884m Total Distance So Far: 1400km Total Ascent so far 12200m Wow, what a day. Everybody had a feeling of excitement, like we were finally going to reach a dream. A dream that we have held close to us for a long time. A dream that we had to work long and hard to achieve. Something that we had to …Read more