Today was an easy day for me as I have done this run many times in the training. We left the hotel early to get to Warner Brothers movie world for the morning media commitments and from there rolled onto John Paul College. It was great to have a small day before the home run, and to have an afternoon relaxing with Family and Friend’s before the finish. Here is …Read more
Today there were a lot of sore heads from the night before so we didnt roll out of town till the 10.30 mark. I got up at 5.30am and went up to the lighthouse to watch the sunrise. It was absolutly beautiful seeing the sun come up on such a clear day. The sunrise team were up there doing the crosses for the sports so I got my head on …Read more
Today started with a short ride to the shopping centre for a meet and greet with all the Grafton people and Woolworths handing over a cheque for $15,000 to the Tour de cure. After that we rolled out of Grafton and off on our 178km day. Today the boys decided that they would conduct a time trial to warm us up for the day and we split into groups to …Read more
Today was a great day as we descended from the Table Lands down into Grafton. The good thing was a lot of the morning and some of the afternoon was spent descending the Gibraltar Range. We stopped for lunch at the Raspberry lookout which was a stunning backdrop for morning tea. From there we had a 14km decent which was really fun reaching speeds of up to 65 kmh. Our …Read more
Well the reported hill called Devils pitch failed to live up to its reputation. Definatly the Moonies the day before was much more of a challenge. The hill was big dont get me wrong. It went for around 8 km but was a good level climb that you could settle into and set a good pace on. When we got to the top we were surprised it was that good. …Read more
As if yesterday wasnt bad enough today will be a house of pain. My legs are feeling like I have done a lot of work yesterday and today there is the mother of all hills to climb. Todays leg is not long but there is a 10km hill near the start. Update – Day 4 Well I got up it and I wasn’t wrong. It was the mother of all hills. …Read more
Today was one of the toughest days ever for me, not because of the hugest physical challenge of my life but because it was Mothers Day as well. As we stood in the bitter cold this morning at a little after 5.00am one of the leaders gave a bit of a speech. He said. “Today you are going to face a huge challenge, one that will take you to places that …Read more
Well I am sitting here a satisfied but a little bit nervous at the same time. Today and Yesterday have been great days (100km and 120km) but tomorrow I face the biggest physical challenge of my life. We are riding 288km from here in the Hunter Valley to Tamworth. I have to admit that I am a bit nervous about that. We have trained hard so we should be able …Read more
Today was the first day of the tour and it started early, we rode from our hotel at 5.00am to breakfast and then onto the Channel 7 studios to feature on the Sunrise program. Todays ride was really great over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and onto Terrigal for the night. Have a look at this video of the day. Day 1 Tour de Cure from Paul Egan on Vimeo. Here …Read more
Well its the night before I start the biggest challenge of my life. If you had told me last year that I would be riding 1400km in 10 days I would have said that you were crazy !! But when you set a goal you need to go for it !! My goal of riding the tour is about to come to fruition. My goal to raise $10,000 has well …Read more