Well 2011 is here and I guess it had to start some time. Now that our cruise is over and Christmas is over its time to get motivated to lose the excess kilograms and get some fitness under my belt. Whilst I have been riding a few times a week there is no way that I could complete a big ride like Tour de Cure without some serious miles in …Read more
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Today was an early morning, it had to be as we were going to be the first official vehicle to cross over the new Gateway bridge. Every body was buzzing as we set off for a 15km run to the base of the bridge. Today we were the first of 175,000 people that would go over the bridge, quite an achievent for the Tour de Cure guys. After a quick …Read more
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