No rides and none planned

I have not ridden now for quite a while (busy working on Backyard Blitz 2). I wont be able to ride for several more weeks now as I have to visit Melbourne so if you want to come back later (after the 8 June) i will "see" you then.

no rides - life got in the way

unfortunately i have not been able to get on my bike for over a week now (she will be getting dejected i am sure - this is better than happy my f.. a... is not weighing her down).

I have been busy doing another Backyard Blitz - i am over them. my back and thighs hurt. much worse than any ride i have ever done. god knows why anyone does landscaping and brickpaving for a living!

Hopefully, next week it will be all over and i will be back on the road again. But winter is coming/has arrived so it might be less fun on the roads than in summer/spring/autumn

Dont go away - i will be back

perfect day in Paradise

went for a ride today in Paradise. the temperature was mild (low 20s) but the sun was shining bright and there was only a light breeze but today was one of those days where it just seemed to be against me irrespective of which direction i was riding.

i did a completely different ride today by riding to Fremantle (backwards) around the east side of the river from Canning Bridge and then back up the beach to Swanbourne, before riding around the river through Dalkeith and Nedlands back to UWA then to the city and home via leederville. Overall the loop was 55km.

It wasnt the fastest ride in the world, but it was steady. I got held up near Fremantle (long enough to take the photos below) by some heavy loads crossing the Fremantle Bridge and then near the beach by a goods train which seemed to take an age to cross through the road.

While i was standing around here a young female triathlete rode up next to me. She dragged me up the coast until we got to Cottesloe where she promptly rode away from me. Oh well it was nice while it lasted.

I have now completed 2865km.

This is the Fremantle Port from the new Fremantle Bridge (the old one is in the foreground).



this is the North Fremantle rdevelopment - between the two bridges



this is looking back up the river towards East Fremantle (i had come from this direction)

1 may - not so grey

today was just a fantastic day to get on a bike - so i did and i feel so lucky

the following photos (taken from Canning Bridge) show the difference a day can make in the weather (not really a cloud in sight). The City looks perfect and the water was mainly glistening today.





I did the Shelley Loop backwards and rode down the freeway to the Narrows, to UWA and up into Kings Park (did climb in 5:46 - which was pretty good for me at least) and then went into Subi (Brew Ha) for lunch.

I concentrated on keeping my cadence up today (above 90rpm) and I managed to hold an average of 94 for the 50km that i rode to get to Brew Ha. At times i worked quite hard to do this so my HR was significantly higher (157bpm average) than it has been on my rides over the past month or so.

The ride from Subi to home is only 6km and there are traffic lights etc so I just cruised home.

With this 56km i have now completed 2809km