Trans Am Bike Race Day 4 Report
I was up and at em' early, before 5 am. My daily distances had been plummeting from a solid 329km on Day 1, to a decent 243km on Day 2 to a paltry 187km on Day 3. My daily average was 253km which was...
Trans Am Bike Race Day 3 Report
I was up at 5:45am, a little later than planned but I really needed the sleep. My body definitely felt the almost 600km in the legs...
Trans Am Bike Race Day 2 Report
A promising and extremely enjoyable day 1, how would day 2 turn out?...
Trans Am Bike Race Day 1 Report
The day had finally arrived. 2 years of dreaming and 10 months of training and planning. Time to take a step, rather a pedal stroke into the great unknown. Time to kick off the adventure of a lifetime. Lets get it on...
Introducing Team Croker
The Trans Am is only 4 days away! I fly out to Portland very early tomorrow morning but before I do so I feel compelled to thank some very dear people who have made it all possible. Yep this is very much a team effort...
5 Lessons Learnt From ‘Crush The Commonwealth’
The weekend just past I attempted the 620 kilometer (385 mile) bike race from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, which was to serve as a dress rehearsal for the Trans Am. I say attempted as 460 kilometers in my rear derailleur pretty much exploded thus ending my...
How Training For The Trans Am Has Changed Me
I started training for the 2017 Trans America Bike Race 5 days after having The Snip mid September last year. I was secretly hoping Melissa would let the subsequent substantial time in the saddle take care of business ‘naturally’ but alas it wasn’t to be....
The Making Of a MAMIL: My Journey Back Into Cycling
I cycled as a kid as most kids do. It's a right of passage, a first taste of freedom, independence and adventure but for some reason, I stopped. I can't pinpoint exactly when it happened but high school and then life just got in the...
What is a MAMIL?
MAMIL is an acronym for Middle Aged Man (or Men) in Lycra, a term that is used particularly in Australia and the UK to describe a middle-aged man who rides a bike whilst adorned in lycra (aka Spandex). It is a term mostly used by...
High Level Overview of my Trans Am Preparations
It is early February 2017, just under 17 weeks to the Trans Am. Just writing those words excites me and panics the crap out of me at the same time. There are just so many areas of preparation I feel I am not yet...