Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 12th March, 2022 Beckom 13.9 km* Unknown Ariah Park Unknown 385.96 km* Today was the last day of Pedal Cure 4 MND. Despite the previous day’s reservations, I promised myself that I’d do at least the last 13 kilometres into Ariah Park. The 13 km...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 11th March, 2022 Griffith 0 km 372.06 km Today, I decided I wasn’t going to get on the bike. The last several day’s frustrations had finally got to me. I also had an internal debate as to whether I could even carry on after the end of the week. I...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 10th March, 2022 Wagga Wagga (07:20) 61.89 km 20.2 km/h Ganmain (10:37) 3:04:00 372.06 km Today will be a moment of truth – will my bike hold up all day? Or will a flat tyre let me down again? I guess time will tell! 🙂After waking up this morning...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 9th March, 2022 Albury (06:46) 56.73 km 19.3 km/h Morven (10:10) 2:56:00 310.17 km This morning was a very early start. We had to reach Wagga Wagga by a certain time, as we were all going to be escorted by the NSW Police for the last several kilometres. So...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 8th March, 2022 Albury 0 km 253.44 km Today was going to be an easy day for me. Not necessarily by choice, either. I didn’t really want to ride my bike until I knew what the source was for these constant punctures. But at least the day started well...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 7th March, 2022 Lockhart (07:08) 33.39 km 18.7 km/h Urana (09:10) 1:47:19 253.44 km I was up before dawn. Before breakfast, I checked the tyre and it was not flat. Good to go! I had been reunited with Hannah, my cycling buddy from the last Pedal Cure ride...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 6th March, 2022 Temora (07:10) 22.01 km 18 km/h Mimosa (08:46) 1:13:34 209.45 km Coolamon (12:23) 10.6 km 17.4 km/h The Gap (13:01) 0:36:33 220.05 km It was an early start to the day and spirits were high. The tyre felt fine, with no loss of pressure...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2022 5th March, 2022 Temora 0 km 187.44 km Today was the day to check out of my hotel room, as I would be staying at the local footy club with the rest of the Pedal Cure 4 MND guys. Like the day before, I went in search for a bacon and egg roll. It wasn’t...
In one week today, I’m setting off on a 5,000 km bicycle ride! Someone asks from the audience, “Has the route changed again?” Another in the audience asks, “If so, is the new route overseas again?” I’ll answer the first question first. Yes, the route...
Pedal Cure 4 FightMND – 2020 14th March, 2020 Lancefield (06:35) 28.14 km 16 km/h Wildwood (08:55) 1 hr 45 min 1104.7 km It was a dark and stormy night. No, not the beginning of a trashy B-grade novel. It really was a stormy night. Very high winds and plenty of rain. Much of the rain had...