Running a Marathon

I love my cycling. I hate running. I’ve never liked running. I did the Great South Run in the UK in 2002, untrained, unfit and overweight, but managed it. In fact it was a bit of a family event with my sister and brother-in-law running it too.
OK, so we weren’t International runners and we weren’t [...]

Weekend rides

A weekend of contrasts!
Saturday
Saturday I went mountain biking on my own. I didn’t have a huge amount of time available, so through the bike in the back of the car and headed up to Mundaring. I parked just past the weir and rode up the Munda Biddi. Recent rains made some parts of the trail [...]

Weekend rides

Saturday
I was going to go for a group ride on Saturday morning with South Perth Rouleurs, but a good few beers, a rough night’s sleep and what felt like arctic conditions put an end to that. I decided instead to just head out for a short ride on my own at my own pace. Well, [...]

Good Friday Cycle

I was convinced to go for a hills ride today. Now my idea of a hills ride might be a lot tamer than yours, but to a fairly new cyclist this was going to be a challenge. But I thought “Hey, I’ve ridden the hills on my own a couple of time last year. It’ll [...]

Century Ride

Century ride from North Perth to Mandurah and back