The joy of riding uphill & a guide to Victoria's best climbs.
Route: Heathmont to Inverloch, via Emerald and Pakenham
Distance: 159km
Duration: 5 hours 11 minutes
It’s a little over a month until the 3 Peaks Challenge and the days are melting away. The training’s going well, I’m ramping up the … Read more “Episode 14: a bittersweet hundred-miler”
Route: Heathmont to Thornbury, via The Crucifix
Distance: 119km
Duration: 4 hours 39 minutes
I made two mistakes on Saturday morning. The first was a failure to look at the weather forecast before leaving the house. The second was underestimating … Read more “Episode 13: climbing the Crucifix (and suffering in the sun)”
Route: Thornbury to Sassafras
Distance: 106km
Duration: 4 hours 3 minutes
With the Donvale Demon out of action due to family commitments, and Brendan in bed battling a Christmas-party-hangover-from-hell, I was left to fend for myself on Sunday afternoon. Without … Read more “Episode 4: flying solo (up the 1 in 20)”