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
Well here I am, one more sleep and tomorrow I am flying to Sydney to join the other riders for the Tour de Cure. Then the next day (Friday). The big ride begins. Dont forget to watch us on Channel 7 on the Sunrise show to see us set off. I have to say that I am a little bit excited and a little bit apprehensive! I know its going …Read more
This weekend I feel like I am cramming for an exam, or on the Biggest Loser “Last chance training” where you go as hard as you can to get that last little bit of training before the big weigh in ! This weekend I have done 440km on the bike. (Thats nearly 15 hours on the bike) Saturday I did a river loop (80km round trip from home ) Sunday …Read more
A big thank you to the Lions Club of Sunnybank for donating $1000 to the Tour de Cure appeal. I attended the opening of their fund raiser “The best little art show” last Friday to accept the donation. Have a look at the video below of the art and my acceptance speech.
With only a bit over three weeks to go the pressure is on to get with the bike riders look. That means WAX or SHAVE your legs !! I dont think I’m up for that but let me know what I should do ?? Send me an email at paul@mytourdecure.com.au and let me know.
WOW its less than 4 weeks to go till we are on the road in the 2010 Tour. I have nearly reached my target of $10,000 raised so I am looking forward to getting to that milestone. The training is going well. This week I did 650km which is my biggest yet. Yesterday a group of Tour de Cure guys did a 240 km ride from Brisbane to the border …Read more
This week has been a big one. I have reached a couple of milestones in my training. This week has been the biggest training week that I have had, covering a total of 561 km from Monday to Sunday. If you had told me just a few short months ago that I would be training over 500 km a week on a bicycle I would have said that you were …Read more