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Competitive Cycling
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Training and racing in South East Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Women's cycling. Lifestyle of a cycling fanatic with a wonderful man, full time job and a cat.
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This is it!
Sunday afternoon and I can hear fresh coffee brewing in the kitchen and a wonderful smell is starting to fill the house. I'm craving something sweet, something baked, a little treat to accompany the lazy Sunday afternoon. I checked the fridge and the...
Hugs for free
I'm proud to be German. Yes, a statement that often raises eyebrows because of Germany's history, but today I've got a good reason to be proud of Germany. They come up with good ideas. I read about this campaign "Kopf an, Motor aus!" (Head on, engine...
Count down - Two weeks to the Tour of Bright
Cycling is......when you keep pedalling anyway.Spanner in the wheel but I only took my eyes of the goal for a second to evaluate the damage. Sore neck, loss of range of movement, more pain further down the back along the spine, some pins and needles ...
Can\'t always win
Some days you win, some days you loose. Today I lost. The fight for the parking spot. At the shopping mall. When I was getting sushi for lunch.Before reversing into my spot I waited for the big black boisterous BMW to pass safely. He just drove aroun...
And at night the hills are watching me
Last week Alberto got up with me every morning. I suspect he didn't trust that I wouldn't slip into the spare bedroom, which now has a bed in it, ready for my parent's visit in a few weeks. There was a fair chance, too.This week he slept straight thr...
Mt Hotham is not for the squeamish
Last year's file!brown line = altitude, red line = heart rate, blue line = speedI can picture the café in Harrietville, where I plummeted into the chair after the descent of last year's Mt Hotham stage, not able to move for ages and intensely gratef...

