Tough but enjoyable Great Brisbane Bike Ride yesterday. Hit up the 110km course - minus the optional climb up Mt Coot-tha because, damn, there were plenty of hills without it! Time was slightly longer than expected, but given the 1,400m of climbing I’m not too disappointed.
Hat’s off to @bicycle_qld for another great event - organisation was slick as ever. Great to see they had wrangled exclusive use of the Moggill Ferry, avoiding the hour and a half wait from two years ago.
10/10 would ride again
#cycling #cyclist #cyclistlife #gbbr18
Great Brisbane Bike Ride 2018 - waiting for go time. #cycling #gbbr18
Another early morning, another bunch of nutters in Lycra. #ipswich100 #cycling #cyclinglife
Wife is on the parent advisory group at my daughter’s kindergarten, which means I’ve been put on sausage sizzle duties this afternoon’s fundraiser #sausages #sausagesizzle #fundraiser #bbq
Found this photo of myself buried away in @cycleofgiving’s Facebook feed - I’m not looking too happy here, but I can remember the guys taking photos and I’m pretty sure I was in a half-reasonable mood at this point. 🚲 😤 #cycling #cyclingphotos #grumpycyclist #exhaustedcyclist
On-site with clients today @flindersuniversity #flindersuniversity #adelaide #sa #southaustralia #developerlife
I’ve spent a lot of late nights and early mornings over the past month helping my wife @tamsynjs launch her new side-project - Household.
Born out of a frustration with how hard it can be to easily keep track of everything that needs doing in a busy house - from housework and maintenance, to bills and events - Household is at its core a highly focussed to-do list aimed at simplifying household organisation. Household is also a community of like-minded individuals, seeking to make ‘adulting’ a bit easier.
As well as lending a hand with the development side of things I’ve also been flexing my creative muscles with the branding.
We’re very much taking a ‘release early, release often’ approach so things may be a little rough around the edges as we push on with getting the platform out there and operating in the wild. Watch this space for updates as more and more features come online.
So why not show some love and head on over to @householdapp.co or visit https://householdapp.co and register for your free account!
Off to Adelaide with @tamsynjs and @monique_wise1104 for a few days. Time for some training with @databee and @flindersuniversity. #qantas #qantaslink #frequentflyer #adelaide #radelaide
That’s the 2018 @cycleofgiving 🚲 complete. Despite my lack of consistent training I managed to achieve my goal of doing it in under four hours (even better since it was slightly longer than the 100km I was expecting). Pretty crappy weather conditions didn’t dampen the spirits of the riders, and the organisers and volunteers did a great job of making sure everything went smoothly. I will definitely be adding this to my 2019 ride calendar.
One thing this has shown me, though, is that I’ve got a heap of work to do over the next month if I have any hope of surviving the Ipswich 100 in April. I’m registered for the ‘Imperial’ course, which is 100 MILES (roughly 160km) of hilly Gold Coast Hinterland 😳. #cycling #cyclist #cyclistlife #isurvived #success
Time to get amongst it @cycleofgiving #start #cycling
After a cold, damp start the weather seems to be improving for this morning’s @cycleofgiving. Great to see a good turnout for a good cause. My first 100km ride in nearly two years - should be interesting! 🚲 #cycling #cyclist #cyclistlife #charity
Been a bit slack with the cycling recently, and with the @cycleofgiving 100km ride tomorrow I figured I should get out for a spin this morning. Up early doors to take a look at how the groundwork’s for the new @universityofthesunshinecoast Petrie campus are coming along.
On the subject of tomorrow’s charity ride, the guys over at @cycleofgiving and @tpchfoundation experienced a major outage of their registration/donation website earlier this week (maybe I should give them my business card for next year!) which has impacted their fundraising targets. Anyone wanting to donate to a great cause - organ transplant research - can head on over to http://bit.ly/cogphil (clickable link in bio). Every dollar helps! Anyways, I’m looking forward to getting out amongst the other riders tomorrow morning, even if my training isn’t quite as far along as I would like! #cycling #cyclistlife #charity #cycleofgiving #donationsneeded #donationswelcome #theprincecharleshospitalfoundation #fromwhereiride
Goodies in the post this morning - jersey and bib number for the @cycleofgiving bike ride in a couple of weeks #cycling #cyclist #swag #charity
Current status #apple #genius
Weather forecasts were threatening rain this morning so ducked out a little earlier to get in my morning ride. Turned out to be great conditions, and gradually increasing my (mostly) daily distance and pace. Signed up for the 100km @cycleofgiving ride in a few weeks - will be the furthest I’ve ridden in one stretch in well over a year. Following up with Ipswich 100 ‘Imperial’ ride (169km) and the Great Brisbane Bike Ride in April and the three-day @velothonaus in July. My @fnqdash training will be ramping up considerably over the coming months. 🚲🌅 #cycling #cyclist #cyclistlife #everydayathlete #training #earlymorning #dawnrides #greatbrisbanebikeride
Weekend’s here and the storms have passed - time to get out on two wheels 🚲 #cycling #cyclist #cyclistlife #avanti
Smokin’ hot singletrack out at Bunya this afternoon #mtb #mountainbike #trek #singletrack #cyclist #cyclistlife
Dawn shadows #cycling #cyclist #cyclistlife
This makes me very, very happy @brewdogofficial @brewdogjames @brewdogau #craftbeer #craftbeerlover
Have managed to go for over a year and a half without logging into Facebook, but if I’m going to maximise my coverage of @fnqdash I’m going to have to bite the bullet and let it back into my life #facebook #socialmedia
