What event are your training for and what is your goal? Huka Challenge MTB in Nov and C2C Longest Day in Feb are the main aims this year What it is your motivation for wanting to achieve this? Attempted the Huka Challenge a couple of years ago but event got shortened due to string winds […]

What event are your training for and what is your goal? Lots of events! Mt Cook, South Island Masters, Boulder Bay Classic, QT Half Marathon, Le Race and Graperide. What it is your motivation for wanting to achieve this? These are all just fun days out for me and give structure to my routine adventures […]

What event are your training for and what is your goal? Christchurch half marathon. Goal is a sub 1:30 in 2017 What it is your motivation for wanting to achieve this? I’m competing with myself, I reckon that I’ve got some room to improve – it’s a stretch goal for me but worth giving it […]

What event are your training for and what is your goal? Abel Tasman Cycle Challenge (yet to decide), Ride the Rakaia, Le Race. What it is your motivation for wanting to achieve this? Personal Goals.  It’s there to be done and improved upon What is your background and how did you get into your sport? […]

A cheeky Friday afternoon ride makes me feel good Last week I was fortunate enough to be a part of a presentation delivered by Rowena Palmer Morgan.  You may know Rowena as she has been a part of our CP team for some time and is a regular at our CP group rides.  Rowena is a […]

So the last 10 days have been very quiet.  After being able to slowly get back into exercising, my lungs decided to pack it in and I developed a chest infection, which I am only just getting over now.  I did however get out for my first mountain bike ride with my brother and it […]

There are first times for everything, first trip to China, first international adventure race and first DNF. Only three weeks before the start date the Greenhorns discovered we were invited to China to race the Xtrail Altay Expedition, a 500km adventure race involving navigation, trekking, mountain biking, kayaking, rafting and a mystery activity. Xtrail had […]

With each new day comes a different challenge – that’s what makes life so interesting. My challenge on Sunday was to get out of bed after a really fun afternoon/evening attending a friend’s wedding, and head out on my bike for my training session. It is fair to say I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the […]

Call me a geek, but I love learning! I am always fascinated by new information and enjoy continuing to fill my fountain of knowledge! So last week when the opportunity came up to participate in an Anaerobic Threshold Cycle Test, I of course put my hand up. Thanks to Steve at University of Canterbury, this […]

The highlight of my training last week was sharing my Saturday long ride with someone else. Julz, one of our awesome Team CP members and an all-round super cool person (who kicks arse on the bike!) is also training hard at the moment, and kindly let me tag along on her flat ride over the […]