The countdown is on, only a few days between me and the Motatapu ride. I’ve been lucky this year on two counts.  The first is that I won a competition for entry into the 2016 Motatapu event.  This also came with the added benefit of Pure drink powder and coaching from the esteemed Richard Greer!  […]

All this fabulous weather (well, apart from a couple of Wednesday evenings for some reason!) and I’ve been steadily adding frequency and height to the climbs. Bit by bit I have now made it up to the Takahe and Evans Pass. The hill climbing on the bike is still complemented by hill walking which I […]

This time last week, I was standing on the beach of Skippers Canyon waiting for the start of the Shotover Moonlight Mountain Marathon. While I was anxious in the lead-up I was reasonably calm on the day. As calm as you can be, with 42 km and 2500 m of climbing between you and the […]

Coast to Coast was awesome. It was heaps of fun but of course hard work as well. I enjoyed it heaps and am keen to give it another shot next year. The week before the race was pretty cruisy as I was tapering. It was my first week back studying but I was so excited […]

Man it is getting dark in the mornings, I have enough trouble with cars in the daylight! although I must say most cars and trucks (Thank you Ready Mix Trucks in particular) seem to be very courteous giving me a wide berth in the dark, whether that has anything to do with the fact I […]

I’ve been glued to FB updates on CP team members on the Great Southern Brevet, The Pioneer, Coast to Coast, Buller Marathon, IM training rides and other feats of awesomeness this last week and weekend. These are really big adventures and I am simply amazed at what Team CP ers get up to. My own […]

Well it has been a good five weeks or so since I started riding to a programme. With the goal of riding Le Race and the great support of Richard and the CP team, all thanks to winning the entry and coaching package following a rash decision to enter a Facebook competition, it feels like […]

Ok, still here and still training, feel like I am on a rollercoaster through ups and downs, don’t want to write what I feel is a less than positive update so keeping it short and sweet and just going to share my highlight of cracking 1000m in 2 hours, twice!! 1st time was 1500m in 2 […]

There is only a week until Coast to Coast (C2C)! I’m doing the two day C2C which involves a 3km run, 55km cycle and 32km run on Day 1. Day 2 is a 15km cycle, 67km kayak and a 70km cycle into Christchurch. I’m starting to get excited and am working through my race prep […]

I’m beginning to think that there’s something out there determined to thwart my every effort at getting to Coronet Peak in March. For those of you who need a recap or are new to this blog, the story so far goes like this… A charity that helped me begin my recovery from cancer treatment launches […]