Friday, July 2, 2010
Five weeks
Five weeks to go until Joel and I fly off to Britain for four weeks!! Yay! Escaping the dark freeezing Tassie winter to go ride in up to 12 places around Wales, England and Britain. Yes, we are taking our downhill bikes with us. That is the first challenge of the holdiay as I've never flown with a bike before. I'll be posting details and photos up here so please follow us!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Forgetfulness
One thing I love about mountain biking is that when I'm riding I forget how old I really am. This is me with my 3 month old grandaughter, Ruth.
$4000 - is what I have just committed to my brand new Giant glory dh1 bike. A sleek black beauty should be turning up at my lbs in a week or so, but then I have to wait for new lighter springs for front and rear suspension. Why do even small sized bikes seem to be set up to great big heavy men riders!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Faith and fun
MY EASTER
Friday - redecorate the house, riding
Saturday - visit from my Grandma, riding
Sunday - lunch with the family, riding
Monday - (tomorrow) hmmm, might go for a ride
Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for my wrongs and coming to life again to give me a chance at eternity, and for giving us a reason to have a four day weekend! :)
Friday - redecorate the house, riding
Saturday - visit from my Grandma, riding
Sunday - lunch with the family, riding
Monday - (tomorrow) hmmm, might go for a ride
Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for my wrongs and coming to life again to give me a chance at eternity, and for giving us a reason to have a four day weekend! :)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Fun in north west Tassie
The new mountain bike club in north west Tasmania, which I am a part of, now has it's own website. Check it out at www.ccmbc.com.au
Friday, March 12, 2010
FLU
Flu - I hate it! Only worked one day this week and no riding at all!
Last weekend - came third in the state downhill champs against 2 of Australia's fastest girls who beat the granny-to-be as usual but that's just fine as we're friends and had fun just hanging out in the back of Leigh's combi drinking and trying to stay cool. It so freakishly hot and humid for Tassie. And I got a pb fastest time in my seeding run - finally beat the 10 minute mark by 35 secs :) Fell off in my race run :(
This weekend - probably won't ride but will rake an XC track to help out with a 6 hr race and promote our new club, the Cradle Coast Mountain Bike Club at the Big Burnie Bike Day.
Last weekend - came third in the state downhill champs against 2 of Australia's fastest girls who beat the granny-to-be as usual but that's just fine as we're friends and had fun just hanging out in the back of Leigh's combi drinking and trying to stay cool. It so freakishly hot and humid for Tassie. And I got a pb fastest time in my seeding run - finally beat the 10 minute mark by 35 secs :) Fell off in my race run :(
This weekend - probably won't ride but will rake an XC track to help out with a 6 hr race and promote our new club, the Cradle Coast Mountain Bike Club at the Big Burnie Bike Day.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Just had a fantastic week of riding with more females than ever!
Sunday - 2 female friends (and their partners) flying down paloona - my local - fun, fun, fun - best day I've ever had out there.
Tuesday - made a new female friend visiting from Victoria - took her riding at Stubbs
Sunday - new friend and another girl went racing with me at the new Wyena 2 track (with around 40 boys) - awesome fun!! Fabulous track!
Fun in the dirt sure makes up for the franticness of work at moment! Lovin' it!!
Sunday - 2 female friends (and their partners) flying down paloona - my local - fun, fun, fun - best day I've ever had out there.
Tuesday - made a new female friend visiting from Victoria - took her riding at Stubbs
Sunday - new friend and another girl went racing with me at the new Wyena 2 track (with around 40 boys) - awesome fun!! Fabulous track!
Fun in the dirt sure makes up for the franticness of work at moment! Lovin' it!!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Taken out by a shuttle drive - didn't see that one coming
Far out - it's a long way down Mt Wellington in Hobart on a bike and even longer up the mountain in a bus.
Last weekend I competed in the very first Wellington Super D race.
Mt Wellington is the spectactular mountain overlooking the city of Hobart and is a favourite for walkers, site seeing tourists and mountain bikers. The views are fantastic!
The Wellington Super D race started not far from the top and finished in the Glenorchy mountain bike park - over 800 vertical metres of descent. It was about 15 kms or more (I think) of loose rockiness at the top with some rewarding flowly single track at the end and three f&%$*in' hard uphill sections in the middle. I'm sure poor Frenchie, who was sitting on his quad bike behind me for quite awhile must have been thinking "F*%&@ I hope the old girl's not having a heart attack" as I leaned over my handle bars waiting for my breathing to return to a controllable pace and hoping not to puke as well so I could push the downhill bike up the hills. But I made it down the track twice on Saturday with no falls. But the shuttle got the best of me on Sunday before the race. I had to pull out, and get out of the bus half way up the mountain to avoid throwing up all it and the rest of the boys. I am prone to car sickness if not driving but didn't realise just how sick i was getting.
Thanks to Frenchie and hopefully the Wellington Super D will become a regular event. It has the potential to a fun, fantastic, fast, full-on fitness event - I just don't know what to do about the shuttle sickness...
Last weekend I competed in the very first Wellington Super D race.
Mt Wellington is the spectactular mountain overlooking the city of Hobart and is a favourite for walkers, site seeing tourists and mountain bikers. The views are fantastic!
The Wellington Super D race started not far from the top and finished in the Glenorchy mountain bike park - over 800 vertical metres of descent. It was about 15 kms or more (I think) of loose rockiness at the top with some rewarding flowly single track at the end and three f&%$*in' hard uphill sections in the middle. I'm sure poor Frenchie, who was sitting on his quad bike behind me for quite awhile must have been thinking "F*%&@ I hope the old girl's not having a heart attack" as I leaned over my handle bars waiting for my breathing to return to a controllable pace and hoping not to puke as well so I could push the downhill bike up the hills. But I made it down the track twice on Saturday with no falls. But the shuttle got the best of me on Sunday before the race. I had to pull out, and get out of the bus half way up the mountain to avoid throwing up all it and the rest of the boys. I am prone to car sickness if not driving but didn't realise just how sick i was getting.
Thanks to Frenchie and hopefully the Wellington Super D will become a regular event. It has the potential to a fun, fantastic, fast, full-on fitness event - I just don't know what to do about the shuttle sickness...
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