In the not so good news, the airline managed to loose our bags and bikes. Despite feeling slightly liberating to be freed of over 50kg of gear to lug around, i hope they arrive soon.
This is the view from yohann's balcony, not bad:
Monday, June 30, 2008
Arrived Safely
Hi, Rosie and i have arrived safely in France and it feels good to be back. I am in Annecy where we will be staying with my friend Yohann for the first few days. The weather is really hot so it was down to the lake for a swim this afternoon. Just kicking back on the balcony now cooking a bbq with views of the mountains.
In the not so good news, the airline managed to loose our bags and bikes. Despite feeling slightly liberating to be freed of over 50kg of gear to lug around, i hope they arrive soon.
This is the view from yohann's balcony, not bad:
In the not so good news, the airline managed to loose our bags and bikes. Despite feeling slightly liberating to be freed of over 50kg of gear to lug around, i hope they arrive soon.
This is the view from yohann's balcony, not bad:
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Au revoir...
Well i've just had my last big training session before i go, 4 x 20min mountain bike time trials. Its a bit of a relief to get to the end of this training block because it has been huge. Hopefully an easy week will allow me to freshen up a bit so i'll be flying at Marathon Worlds.
The Spats titanium bike is going awesome. The new SIDs are so good, i even fiddled with the lockout the other night to prepare them for some fast Euro-courses. I've also sorted out my dilemma of not having any race wheels; i am borrowing some of a mate (thanks Willo). I'm pretty happy about this becasue it turns out the noise that i've been hearing when i corner hard is the tyre rubbing on the inside of the fork, not exactly the stiffness that i'm looking for.
Also, I got a picture in the local paper today:
The Spats titanium bike is going awesome. The new SIDs are so good, i even fiddled with the lockout the other night to prepare them for some fast Euro-courses. I've also sorted out my dilemma of not having any race wheels; i am borrowing some of a mate (thanks Willo). I'm pretty happy about this becasue it turns out the noise that i've been hearing when i corner hard is the tyre rubbing on the inside of the fork, not exactly the stiffness that i'm looking for.
Also, I got a picture in the local paper today:
Monday, June 23, 2008
Blog Online
Hi all, welcome to my blog. Normally i would have hung up the bike by now and would be pumped up to ski at every opportunity, but this year i have decided to go over the Europe to have a crack at a few mtb races and have some form for the Mt Stromlo World Cup in August. Its too cold to train in a Cooma winter anyway! My itinerary is basically as follows:
-World Marathon championships - Villabassa, Italy
-Swisspower Cup - Savognin, Switzerland
-Transalp (stage race) - Germany to Italy
-L'hexagonal (mountain bike tour de France) - France
My training has been going really well. My new coach, Chris Clarke, has definately been working me hard. I even did a 200km training ride the other day, from Khancoban to Dead Horse Gap and back (then around Towong). It was pretty much the toughest ride i've done. 4650m of climbing and having to ride through snow at the top.
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photos from Dead Horse Gap
-World Marathon championships - Villabassa, Italy
-Swisspower Cup - Savognin, Switzerland
-Transalp (stage race) - Germany to Italy
-L'hexagonal (mountain bike tour de France) - France
My training has been going really well. My new coach, Chris Clarke, has definately been working me hard. I even did a 200km training ride the other day, from Khancoban to Dead Horse Gap and back (then around Towong). It was pretty much the toughest ride i've done. 4650m of climbing and having to ride through snow at the top.
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photos from Dead Horse Gap
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