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Why I failed statistics in high school I could not get my head around ∑ √µȠ and standard deviations in high school. I could relate to maths being about having one right answer to one plus one – but maths with no right answers and lots of numbers did not make sense. It has taken…(Read More)
In just 3 birthdays, Olivia has made more progress in knowing how this world works than the meagre awakening that I have achieved over my last 4 decades of birthdays. I had fallen prey to bursting into this world like a fireworks explosion and then rapidly imploding into the void of darkness. In the animal…(Read More)
I had an inkling that I was in trouble. It wasn’t panic – but I was starting to get worried. One kilometre into a team time trial session and I already felt really bad. Surely, my legs (and lungs) would come good soon….. The truth hit me at the as we came out of ‘Blood…(Read More)
6.32am Thursday 5th April 2018. It was the second last time that we were going under the railway bridge at Olympic Park. The left hand corner with a dodgy camber. Half way into the curve, I felt my rear wheel slide. A split second later, I was sliding on the asphalt and ended up…(Read More)
Saturday 8th July 2017. It was a beautiful Sydney morning and freezing. Temperatures hung around 3 degrees as the sun’s waking rays hit the tops of the tallest buildings and slowly inched its way earthwards… We had planned to do a Coluzzi ride with the slow bunch. For hundreds of Saturdays, we have gone…(Read More)
If you are a cyclist and you have a habit of carrying your phone in your back jersey pocket, then this will be of interest. For over 10 years now, I unconsciously slip my phone into my right hand side jersey pocket when I dress and hop on my bike for a ride. I also…(Read More)
“Money doesn’t motivate me in the least. It’s an integral part of our life sure, but the day it defines you – you lose your other values.” (Day 13 – August 14) http://www.maxacrossamerica.com/blog/day-8-14/day-13-august-14/ Maxim Hatton is a Queensland doctor. Right now, he is just…(Read More)
I had just dropped Shirley off at the waiting bay outside Strathfield train station. With indicators blinking, I had a quick look at my rear vision mirror… and there was just one car on the traffic lane just driving past – so I let it go and slowly pulled out after it. Two angry blasts…(Read More)
I just turned 58. At this stage in our lives, most people will look at life as “Been there…Done that”. After all, the reason the government made 60 the retirement age when we entered the industrialised age, was that we only had a 65 year life span. These days, we are expected to go…(Read More)
I had a classmate who was a high achiever. He had great expectations. Recently, he committed suicide. Sir Bradley has great expectations of getting over 55km in his hour attempt. He fell short. Now, he will be remembered for getting so close to the mark – but not quite getting there. Charles Dickens penned his…(Read More)