Trying to keep the training talk brief, I’m writing this with 150m of elevation to go (. I’m very confident that I'll get that done and take it up to 1500m.

Although I’m slightly worried about the soreness I’m getting beneath the knee/patella, hopefully, it’s just general and nothing ongoing. It was worse a couple of days ago so that is a positive! I am going to have only a slight increase of load next week (1600m) to let my legs play catch up.

One of the really good signs however was on Thursday when I was absolutely knackered I put in one last effort on the Monash segments and made a PB and shaved off 22 seconds, so I am heading in the right direction!

In other news, I made it big time in the Herald Sun, and happily got a fair bit of traction in all areas, e.g. people joining me on the ride and taking the funds raised to over $10k! So I just want to say a huge thank you to the people who have donated! Alongside that, April 6 it was my 15th anniversary of having my stroke and I wrote a little poem to celebrate, see below.

Note I got my years wrong, the message still rhymes though!

Lastly is sponsorship, we are making some progress with it, which is a huge step forwards and I’m liking the momentum we could potentially be creating!

I wrote this yesterday (10th), so I’ve just finished off the last few meters, literally an hour ago!

The 2.0 version of week 3

When are we heading Northwest?

A poetic anniversary