Let me tell you a wee story 😅😇
This is Neville. He’s from Dunedin. We met last week when I was up there volunteering. Neville’s parting wisecrack was that he was visiting Invercargill the following week, make sure I am there and bring the chair so he can be pushed around the course.
Continue reading “Soooo.. I ran.. and then…”This week I had a downsized revised plan that I thought was more achievable. I am prioritising one swim, and a long bike ride each week. I still don’t have a working walking socket so no walking / running for me still.
Continue reading “Week 3 training: that’s better!”This time though, it was actually an experiment. My wonderfully kind cuppie team mate wrote me a bike training program to lead me up to Challenge Wanaka in Feb. I thought it looked a bit ambitious to be honest, but you never know until you try it. I can indeed confirm it was a bit too ambitious!
Continue reading “Oops, I did it again…”This moment is huge. This moment has been coming for more than ten years. It’s been a culmination of a great many things, physical psychological and emotional. Today is an historic day. For me at least.
Continue reading “And so it begins”Today was meant to be a simple 22km ride on a loop I ride very often. Today I faced a road closure (do I carry on or turn back? Watch and see..) and OMFGG some truly terrifying passes by motorists.
Continue reading “Road closures and terrifying motorists: come ride with me..”
