ANZAC Day Photos

As promised earlier. Here is some pics from ANZAC Day. Below is Rohan Winning in he 2 Up. Little ratbag cleaned up. Beating the Bank and some side bets. Also is me in my ceremonial uniform, with the kids. There is also some pics from the ANZAC Day parade in Brisbane.

ANZAC Day vs Qld State Criterium Titles

Well, it is that time of year again. State Titles and ANZAC Day. First of the 2 is ANZAC Day and I have to march in the city. But befroe the march is the Dawn Service. The Dawn service starts at 0430 Saturday morning on the 15th April, along with a a gunfire breakfast. What is a gunfire Breakfast I hear you say? It is a hot cup of coffee with a very generous shot of rum in it. then after the service we are having Bacon and Egg rolls straight off the BBQ.
AT 1030 we have to be in the city so that we can march. The parade will last about an hour and then it is back to the barracks for a day of remembering lost soldiers and mates on active duty. This involves alot of drinking and story telling.

Once ANZAC Day is over it is time for the State Criterium titles. My race is on 26th April at 1150am (so a little sleep in to recover). The race is to be held at the Nundah Crit Circuit, Albert Bishop Park Nundah. THe ride there is a good little warmup and should blow out the cobwebs from ANZAC Day. Anyway riding Masters 2 and with a field of 40+ should be good. I have already noted a couple of numbers that need to be watched so will make a note on my head stem and just try to stay near the front and out of trouble. With 2 team mates there hopefully HYPE can come away with something for the day. Fingers crossed. Will get some pics from the ANZAC Day parades and then the State Crit titles and post them sometime next week.

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Back on the bike.

Well I finally got back out on the bike after a week of poor weather conditions. It has been all up 1 month of no bike thanks to work and weather.
Anyway went out and did a steady state session with Adam and Chris over at Murrarie. Besides the course being covered in disgusting water that wil make you as sick as a dog, it was a really solid session. Pulling full lap turns on the front before swinging off, for the first 45 minutes, followed by 2 laps easy for recovery then 1/4 lap efforts before swinging off and tagging on to the back. All up I managed to knock out a solid 86 km for the first hitout.
Hopefully the weather will remain clear and dry so I can prepare for the Masters STate Crit titles the day after ANZAC Day.

Well time for recovery.

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1st Term is over and I am tired

Well in the terms of breaking up the year into workable packages, Term 1 is over. And, what a term it has been. With a rough start to the year where, nothing had been organized and I was dumped in the deep end of a logistcal and sub account nighmare. It has finished in a slightly better position. Logistically things are slowing moving in th eright directiona nd processes are in place and "I haven't lost anything" YET!!.
But the last month has ben hectic. Preparation for a predeployment shake out, has had the heirachy spinning in an evertightening circle, whilst surrounded by junior leadership incompetance. The last 2 weeks has been physically and mentally fatiguing and as such I am really struggling to find motivation to get on the bike. I am tired from the time I wake up and it doesn't get better anytime through the day. My eyes are sore and my back and neck ache from poor sleep and from poor sleeping conditions. Did you know that the desert is very windy, very dusty, and gets very hot during the day and very cold(occassioning Frost) at night. Thats what I have been up to.
Now, that the term is over I am hoping that I can recharge the betteries and find some motivation for the bike. But with the knowledge that 2 weeks after the school holidays I am away again for 2 weeks and then very shortly(anyhwere from 1 -2 weeks later) off again for anywhere upto 6 weeks away all over Queensland, time on the bike right now seems to hold little importance other than saving some sanity and to get out of the house and away from work for brief periods.
So why the training tempo, well really I dont know but if I was to guess than I couldn't tell you anyway. But Mr K.RUDD will probably say something soon which will probably have severe implications to my bike time and family time in Australia. Having said that atleast I would come home (fingers crossed) and be able to fully upgraded my roadie, trackie and get a TT bike, with all the options I want. Ohh and I would own my house. But until Mr KRUDD says something, I will be busy making sure I ready for whatever.

SSS over for another year. Here is my race

Well the Sizzling Summer Series (SSS) is over for another year. Although I only manmaged to make it races 3 and 4, it was a good hitout for me.Race 3 saw me, finish in the top 10 after getting away in a break that was pulled back by a determined bunch. With a very scappy last lap with plenty of argy bargy and touches of wheels it came to a drag race for all the sprinters. The wheel in front of me got chopped forcing the rider to bawk, in turn washing off a bit of my speed. the end result was a top 10 finish. Today was race 4, the last in the series. With the overall already sealed it was purely an attempt to gain some data from the power tap and fine tune my sprint and race craft. Although already in a good position, with no pressure to do well it was time to have fun and experiment.Any way the race kicked off with a neutral lap and then into it. Rolling over the line to start the race proper saw me drag the bunch through at a solid 50km/h letting every one know that today was going to be very fast and hot. A seires of hard fast attcack followed with many attempts to form breakaways. Nothing succeeded. Then the whistle for the prime was blown and I was sitting pretty about 10 wheels back with a team a few wheels in front watching for any teams breaking down either side. With 600m to go for the line one of the tems lined out on the right and a shout to my team mate and he was on it and I was on his wheel. The leadout was going nicely and at 50m left a rider form the Uni team took a flyer from a long way back after missing his train and just rolled my on the line. So 2nd in teh prime was good, first would have been nicer but thats sprinting.After letting the bunch continue through me to catch my breath and recover a bit the race settled for a couple of laps with all the teams just reassessing their plans.The rest of the race a series of attacks and more attempts to breakaway and once again nothing succeeding. Then the 3 to go sign came out and the sprinters strted to get their trains together and the pace went up about 10km/h as every one jostled for the right wheel.I positioned myself early and watched the right people. 700m to go I got washed out a bit and lost touch with front but made a move down the outside and took the long way around the bunch but I was to far back and ended up in finishing just inside the top 10.Overall a good day with an average of 44.9km/h. I put some pics up from race 3 in my last blog but have none from today as the teams photographer Gaylene was unavailable due to work committments with Bayers Trading Post, one of my sponsors. I will look for some pics from the other photographers that were there to see if any one has some good ones and pass on the link.Next SEQ Open for me is the Glamorgan Road Race, held in conjunction with the QLD U/19 Road Titles, a week after Easter.

Lets go back a week!

Here are some pics from the Sizzling Summer series Rd3!!