Yes, it's been confirmed with the purchase of a new Trek, that I have turned... into a cyclist!

So here I am, recently I mentioned that I might have turned... into a cyclist, now I can confirm the change has occurred, with football only a faint memory in my mind I have now found my new sport to pursue, cycling.

I picked up my new Trek today, had it fitted, and got all my goodies that would allow me to be the fastest racer between the ages of 32.25 and 32.33 in the St Kilda East area that in live on the third floor of an apartment with a GF and a really big dog!

OK, so I'm aiming to be the champ within a field range small enough to be just me in it, or on the other hand unlikely to have a gun cyclist fit into the same category, but hey, it's a goal.

Now, if you didn't already guess, I love racing, as long as you can control/drive/ride it, I say race it, and sell the TV rights so I can watch it on a Sunday - and what I really like about the bikes, from a riders perspective, once you've got a bike and a helmet, you're pretty right to go racing.

In the past I'd looked at racing my RS250 that was sitting in the shed, but to be fair, with the cost of tyres, transport, upkeep of the bike, and other associated costs, you're talking quite big money, and that's before you consider being competitive.

So my true goal is now, to build up some miles in the old pasty white legs, lost a few kg's along the way, and hopefully before the end of Q1 for 2010, I will have gotten out there and at least had a race.


Can I also thank Jae from Omara Cycling for his advice with the bike, setup and all the extra goodies, and generally the deal he did for me, it was great, a pleasure to deal with, and the confidence that I can hit the streets with everything I need and armed with some helpful information to make it a good experience.


Jae has also promised to start using our service too, so kids, there might be a holiday afterwards!! Thanks Jae.

(probably not - holidays are for the weak :)


Enjoy and have a great weekend!
C

So it's the Spring Carnival, and we're coming towards the end of the big races - and what a set of races it's been.

I must admit, it's great to be in Melbourne when it's all happening - all of a sudden racing experts appear out of the wood work, and people gather in the kitchen here in the office to watch the big races, speaking about trainers, jockeys and horses they hadn't heard of more than two days ago.

Personally I'd like to thank Faint Perfume for getting me back onto the right side of the ledger today - I lost $30 on the Melbourne Cup, and won $40 on the Stakes today (using a free bet :) ), so I'm more than happy.

In fact I think I might throw caution to the wind and put the $10 I'm up on another horse and see what happens!


Go horsies go!!


Enjoy,
C

Well done Mark

I just wanted to congratulate Mark Webber on an outstanding year, and an outstanding final race too.

I sat up until 2:00am watching the race, and was enthralled by it - with 9 laps to go Jensen nearly 5 seconds behind, started taking chunks out of Marks lead over him, and on the last lap with Marks car not handling as it had been to hold the world champ off to claim second was amazing.

Considering Jensen is the best over taker in the business, it was a pleasure to watch.

But for Mark who came fourth in the championship I think is a real testament to his driving ability when you consider the following.

During the off season he had a nasty accident where he broke his leg, and was in doubt to even start the season, and was using pain killers whilst driving all the way up to the Spain GP. Then with other things like battling against the double diffuser of Brawn and some issues with reliability to boot, I think he's done an outstanding job, and hope to see him higher in the order next year.

And I still think that his first win in Germany was one of the best I've seen - in the past, and was acknowledged by Vettel yesterday, generally speaking after the first couple of laps that order was generally the order the races finished in, and obviously this year has been different, but for Mark to get a drive through penalty, which I still think was too harsh, and yet still go on to win the race, after effectively pitting once more than his next closest challenger in the race, just shows some great driving skill.

It's only a shame that now, I have one more Moto GP race to watch, but three of my favourite sports are done now for about 6 months, I'm left wondering what I'll be staying up late for now?

Maybe I'll take up reading?

Enjoy,
C