January Monthly Report
For 13 years of schooling, I came home every day to the question of
“what did you do today?” “Nothing” was generally my answer as I went to the
cupboard for afternoon tea. Now15 years later, I still get asked the same
question, nothing has changed but my answer. Now I answer - I ran, swum, rode or
spent a few hours catching up on sleep. I now describe my life as working
nearly 365 days. Standing in front of three junior girls, on a development camp
run by Jamie Turner and Kieran Barry, I got the chance to reminisce on where we
have come from, why we choose what we did, the investment we have put in and
what it requires to be good. All of us 4
girls came to the same final conclusion that what we do is NOT a sacrifice – it
is commitment of our time to strive for success, memories, goals, achievements,
and unfortunately failures. The friends, travel and the positives I get out of
it make my life an unbelievable dream that I could not have imagined even in
year 12 at school when I was studying for my HSC.
Riding all of December on my
Giant fixie, I had a love/hate relationship with it. I wanted more gears but I
enjoyed riding on it as it improved my skill base as you have no choice but to
pedal around corners that you would normally stop pedalling on. We started the
month with bike fits from Aaron Lean who is part of Cadence Performance
Cycling. After a lengthy 3 hours of getting my new Giant bike set up, we found
out that the frame wasn’t for me. In one way, it was disappointing as I still
have not ridden up the hill in Falls Creek after 3 years. Coming back to home this
disappointment went away pretty quick as I honestly missed my old school fixie.
After our stay up the mountain, I had a new Giant bike waiting for me at
Spearmans Cycles in Wollongong. Thanks to Jamie, Jo Hall and Ryan Lennox for
organising my bike and getting me back on a Giant TCR Advanced. I can already
tell it’s been a few months since have rode some km’s on the bike as my hands
are showing impressive blisters on my palms. I look forward to getting my fitness and bike
confidence back after a long break and pushing some bike watts around the hills
of Wollongong. 
The weather gods have been
playing some weird games as of late. From heatwaves to freezing cold, we have
had it all. In Falls Creek we had an early leave from altitude due to the
threat of bush fires. It was better to be safe than sorry and thanks to Jamie
for organising us so quickly with accommodation - we packed up and moved when
things became a bit dicey. In Wollongong, some wild weather along the coast
line has been hitting us with wild winds and massive surf. With the beach being
closed on a lot of days, I have been using the rock pools in my HUUB wetsuit
for a pretty choppy swim. This week I felt like I was being blown away but as I
am still here it must not have been too bad
;)
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