Posted by: stevecaddy on: Tuesday February 23, 2010
I went into the race with a completely open mind. I liked my target time of 6-6.5 hours because a) it was respectable and, b) it meant I’d be off the bike in 6-6.5 hours, and that sounded like plenty.
We got to Forrest with plenty of time to spare for registration, toodled into Apollo Bay, [...]
Posted by: stevecaddy on: Thursday February 18, 2010
Maybe you know it?
The first time I entered I was rendered to spectatorship and the best riders I knew crawl out of the forest, broken men. Monsters ordinarily, their faces were fixed into grimaces and thousand-yard stares well before the finish line. Jim pulled out, sat down and wouldn’t stop yabbering about umbrellas, such was his [...]
Posted by: stevecaddy on: Wednesday January 20, 2010
Workout
Just an easy-ish ride to work, via creche, with Claire in the trailer. About 35 minutes each way.
Food
3 eggs in butter + olive oil, a plum, some blueberries and a few almonds
Coffee
Fruit salad and muesli w yoghurt (natural)
Ferrero rochere chocolate
Apple, almonds
Almond cookie (it was free!)
Bacon and mayo (or at least that’s all I could taste) [...]
Posted by: stevecaddy on: Sunday January 17, 2010
Up early and out to the Youyangs with one simple goal in mind: climb at least one third of the vertical gain I’ll encounter at the Odyssey — 1,000m.
The numbers are here, but the summary info is basically this:
About 33% of the climbing, over about 40% of the distance, in about 40% of the target time. [...]
