The O’Keefe Challenge The O’Keefe Challenge is a weekend of running, walking and cycling events held on the O’Keefe Rail Trail between Bendigo and Heathcote. The O’Keefe is an inclusive community event, where people of all ages and fitness levels are welcome. Community members are encouraged to be participate or be involved in other ways. […]
Unexpected E-Bike Love
I’ve now had my new e-bike for four weeks. I’ve ridden it often, so am slowly getting used to it. I’ve ridden a very light weight road bike for most of my adult life, so I came very slowly to transitioning to an e-bike, which is much heavier. I hadn’t been riding regularly for a […]
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Setting Goals and Planning
The prompt this week for Denyse’s Life This Week is Motivation. This caused me to stop and think, as motivation is a word that I have intentionally struck from my vocabulary, over recent years. Ten years ago, when I was Ambassador for Michelle Bridge’s 12wbt program, we were told by Michelle that the word motivation […]
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Next Phase In Cycling
The Awakening A couple of weeks ago, blogger friend Denyse made a comment on my blog that “she sensed a longing in me, for what was”. Well, Denyse is very perceptive. The longing in me lately has been to turn back the clock to when I was superfit and could do anything I put […]
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The O’Keefe Challenge
What is the O’Keefe Challenge? #Please note the following post is unsponsored The O’Keefe Rail Trail is my local rail trail and a place that I love for either cycling or walking. It runs from Bendigo to Heathcote, a distance of aboout 50k. The O’Keefe Challenge started off, a few years ago, as the O’Keefe […]
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My Mantra: Exercise Every Day
Last week was a better week for me. After a few weeks of feeling lazy and lacking direction, I made a concerted effort to re-examine my goals and get myself back on track. As a result I’ve exercised every day, not quite so intensely as previously but it’s a step in the right direction Walking […]
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The Luckiest Day of my Life
This week is the 10th anniversary of what I consider to be the luckiest day of my life. I’d lost track of the years or even the date of the event, but was reminded this week by Facebook. On that Tuesday morning, at about 7am, I left home on my road bike, to ride about […]
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Rail Trail Series – Ballarat to Skipton
Ballarat to Skipton This rail trail starts on the west side of Ballarat, and runs along the old Skipton railway line, for a distance of 57 kilometers. The rail trail goes through Haddon, Smythesdale and Pittong. Smythesdale is a historic gold mining town, so anyone interested in the history of Victoria, would find a stop […]
