Junior Road Racing and HPRW

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What a great weekend of racing.

Saturday morning was the usual roadie criterium club race. An hour of lung and leg busting fun. I then had the pleasure of riding around with the juniors as a bit of safety and assistance.



It is obvious the work HPRW are doing with their juniors program is showing results and the program is gaining momentum.



It is so good to see the already hard working volunteers sticking around for a little longer to make sure these little uns are catered for. After all, its not just fat, middle age, men that dont like golf that start cycling.

Without the juniors our sport will die.



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Ty Racing!

Pictures tell the entire story of this mornings racing.

Ty rubbing shoulders with one of the big boys of racing (Rhino is one of Tys heros) for some great pre-race motivation.

A big thank you to Terry Bourne (Lockstock) & HPRW cycling club. They have always been so welcoming every time I attend their club racing. Today Terry allowed Ty to pop into E grade for his very first roadie race. 30 minutes + 2 laps. Ty was lapped only twice.

Ty finishing with with an out of the saddle sprint finish & a lunge over the line too!

Proud dad moment

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Local Club Racing

This morning saw Kenmore & NRG cycling club run a club xc race at Mt. Crosby. 4km circuit & we did 4 laps. It was great to see juniors (& seniors) out there today doing 2 or 3 laps. Natalie & I did the 35km ride to the event & 45kms to get home.

The atmosphere was awesome. Lots of really friendly & fun people.

I have no idea what place I came & the culture of the day was such it doesnt matter.

I have been training for long & consistient pace endurance racing. Today hurt more than 100kms + xc did last weekend. But the hurt was over very quickly.

I am really looking forward to getting my boys down for the next one & not race myself but escort Ty around for a couple of laps.

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Sunday Racing

A Saturday evening phone call to Rhino..."What cycling are you doing on Sunday?"

This ended up with Natalie & I meeting up at Peloton Cycles with Rhino, Tom & a handful of the guys from Peloton Cycles (& a great bunch of guys to ride/race with) all in their shop kit. We then headed to Synergy Park industrial area to race a criterium very nicely organised by Ipswich Cycling Club.

I forgot how much fun criterium racing is.


Saturday morning saw Natalie keeping the B grade men honest at a HPRW criterium at Nundah by racing with them.


A reality check yesterday. It was pointed out to me..."only 2 more training weeks before the croc" The past 7 months since I first entered this event have flown past.

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World Championship 24 Hour Racing in Italy

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a) Tickets booked.

b) Race entered (Solo Single Speed).

c) Accommodation and Vehicle sorted.

d) Countdown has begun (3 1/2 weeks until R A C E  D A Y!).

Check out these trails...

I am confident I have just enough form to show up and have a good fun race. There is lots & lots & lots of climbing in each lap. Looks like about 500 metres per 18km lap.

The best part about going to Italy for this race is I am going with my life partner and another couple of great friends.

Mr. Ay Up Lights is very kindly putting together some brand spanking new super bright lights for me along with some other essential accessories. My current Ay Up lights are 2 years old now. They are still outshining and outperforming all other lighting systems. I am really excited about these new ones!

Until next time...


...Its easier to say no after saying yes, than to say yes after saying no. Grab the opportunities when they come along. Youll never know where they lead you.




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