Archive for the 'cycling' Category

On my way home meme take 2

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

After getting tagged again by Ruth and speaking to Miles who was visiting the State Library to work on his special project. I decided to have a second go at the On my way home meme. This time a more typical trip home, by train and bike, last Friday.

Leaving the library on a Friday evening, [...]

Fitness or lack of it

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

After a week on excessive alcohol, nicotine (I do not normally smoke) and caffeine at WD06, I have been slack about cycling to work. It was not until Miles Burke at port:80 meeting mention that he was regularly going to the gym, I finally got back to cycling to and from work. The results were:

SXSWi advice wanted

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

After encouragement from Lisa, Maxine, James and a few others at WE05 (and checking my finances) I have decided to attend SXSWi. Seeing I will be flying halfway round the world, I might as well have a holiday. My intention is to either arrive a couple of weeks early or leave a couple of [...]

Weekend away

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Well I survived the weekend in, with barely a scratch, other than a couple of close encounters with the thorns on blackberry bushes that were overhanging the trail in a couple of places and a grazed knee with the silliest of get offs.

3 minute pasta

Friday, October 14th, 2005

The tailwind that made the morning commute relatively easy had strengthen, so the ride home was into a nasty headwind and what usually takes an hour forty was just under two hours. And that was only because I managed to tuck in behind two riders who felt sorry for me for the last 5kms along the freeway bike path.

Get in the door, put the kettle on …..

I should be knackered

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

After five weeks off a bike with a broken collarbone, I finally got back on the road bike on Saturday, So this morning my bright idea was to commute to work, hey it is only 43.5km each way….