These tagged posts include the start date, end date, and all days in between (both cycling and rest days), of my (mostly) successful 2017 Cycle Against the Beast ride, from Sydney to Melbourne, for FightMND. Looking for day one?
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 20 – 8th June, 2017 Seymoud (08:09) 100.4 km 19.9 km/h Melbourne Cricket Ground (15:57) 6:48 916.74 km Today, like most mornings over the last couple of weeks, was quite cold. It was also foggy. Not too much above 0 celsius. Still, I had a...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 17 – 5th June, 2017 Shepparton (09:41) 80.15 km 16.4 km/h Seymour (16:32) 4:54 816.34 km Leaving Shepparton, on the A39, bound for Seymour. Today’s ride was pretty simple – remain on the one road, all the way from Shepparton to...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 16 – 4th June, 2017 Benalla (09:55) 63.25 km 17.5 km/h Shepparton (14:17) 3:37 736.19 km I left this morning, just before 10:00, after being glued to the TV news – another terrorist attack in the UK (this time, London). Having spent...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 15 – 3rd June, 2017 Corowa, NSW (09:06) 86.27 km 18.1 km/h Benalla, Victoria (15:50) 4:46 672.94 km Back on the bike again! If I wanted warm weather, I certainly chose the wrong time of year to do this! However, in keeping with the Fight MND...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Days 13 & 14 – 1st & 2nd June, 2017 Corowa 0 km 586.67 km After reaching Corowa, on the 31st of May, I decided to take a couple of rest days. I stayed with a friend, who is a minister at one of the local churches. On the 1st of June, Day...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 12 – 31st May, 2017 Albury (09:44) 56.93 km 17.7 km/h Corowa (14:14) 3:13 586.67 km Today’s ride was to be a relatively short one – only about 56 km. After a breakfast of bacon and eggs, I set off at 09:45 with a temperature of...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 11 – 30th May, 2017 Albury 0 km 529.74 km I decided that today would be a rest day. Which was probably a good idea, as it’s been raining all day. I decided to go walkabout, for a couple of hours, and take a few photos. Just down from...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 10 – 29th May, 2017 Culcairn (09:50) 51.84 km 17.8 km/h Albury (14:00) 2:55 529.74 km I woke up to a very cold 3 degrees. Suffice to say, I wasn’t about to get going, just yet. I decided on a check-out near 10:00. Even then, it was...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 9 – 28th May, 2017 Wagga Wagga (08:14) 73.74 km 16.5 km/h Culcairn (14:27) 4:28 477.9 km It was a dark and stormy night… Ok, it wasn’t a stormy night. But there was a bit of rain this morning, which, after looking at the weather...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 8 – 27th May, 2017 South Gundagai (07:52) 83.87 km 18.9 km/h Wagga Wagga (13:43) 4:26 404.16 km Today, it was back on the bike! Today’s intended destination was Wagga Wagga, just over 80 km away. After grabbing a bacon and egg muffin...