Road Cycling

Isobel – OK this is getting silly: yet more challenges

Friday, January 29th, 2016

I’m beginning to think that there’s something out there determined to thwart my every effort at getting to Coronet Peak in March. For those of you who need a recap or are new to this blog, the story so far goes like this… A charity that helped me begin my recovery from cancer treatment launches […]

Isobel Stout – No news is not good news

Sunday, January 10th, 2016

Apologies for the silence on my part lately. A month ago I wrote that I should expect more difficulties in my path, the mission is a tough one so why should anything else be any different? Since then I’ve been up and down to Dunedin five times for varying lengths of time to be with […]

Erin White – busy, busy, busy

Saturday, January 2nd, 2016

Busy, busy, busy, Christmas, holidays, birthday, fishing, diving lots to fit in + training of course. Heading away this week I was not sure how I was going to fit everything in not only was there the children to fit things around but also importantly needed to fit things around tides for fishing and diving; […]

Erin White – Le Race eeeek, what have I got myself into!!

Sunday, December 20th, 2015

First thoughts upon hearing I had won the TeamCP Le Race competition, were eeek! I never win anything!  Uh oh what have I got myself into!  After laughing at myself for most of the morning I finally said.  “Well I always wanted to do the race, now I have the opportunity to, so let’s get […]

Isobel Stout – Solve one mystery and add yet more challenges.

Friday, December 18th, 2015

Got to the bottom (sorry, bad pun!) of my right leg weakness, it’s all in my backside! Somehow I’ve twisted my pelvis and the sacro-iliac joint is out of line. I’ve learned how no muscles actually act on this joint but if it has moved then the muscles that attach nearby are trying to act […]

Isobel Stout – Yes I’m still here after Queenstown.

Friday, December 11th, 2015

I had a great time in Queenstown in mid November, living the life of a professional athlete with nothing to do but eat, sleep, train and recover. You may have seen my wee videos that Richard convinced me to do. The week concluded with me taking part in the 10km part of the Queenstown Marathon. […]

Getting used to it – Bryan Prestidge

Sunday, November 22nd, 2015

Well, since the last report, I’ve managed to clock up a fair few miles on the bike and got in a few nights away from home, so all the gear is getting a good test. Milage wise, I did both the Mcleans Island 6hrs – day one as a team and night one as a […]

Isobel – a giant leap for my kind.

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

After taking masses and masses of baby steps (and masses of pictures of steps!) I feel I have taken a giant leap. I’ve walked 21km for the Pink Star walk, practiced yoga every single day for weeks now and cycled (after a fashion) up Kennedys Bush and Westmorland. Now I am sampling the life of […]

Isobel – I spy with my little eye, something beginning with ‘S’.

Friday, November 6th, 2015

My training life lately has been along peaks and troughs that are not just geographic in nature. The ups and downs of the Port Hills have mirrored my erratic confidence levels. I have been plagued with doubts; that I’m running out of time, I’ll not be ready in time, I’ll not be able to make […]

Isobel – Find the rewards in the process along the way, don’t wait til the end.

Monday, October 26th, 2015

With the postponement of my event for a whole year I’ve done some really hard thinking about the elements of my life that are focused on that event and how to make them serve, not only a solo attempt at Coronet Peak regardless, but also taking a slightly longer term view that isn’t quite so […]