Tag: road biking
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Day 12. Te Araroa to Tokomaru Bay. 82 Km
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817 Km / 508 Miles I slept terribly last night, understandably. My mind is racing! I was up at 5am and on the phone to Jetstar in regards to my credit note for my last flight. 1.5 hrs later I am through to them and they have told me they…
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Day 11. Waihau Bay to Te Araroa. 50 Km
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735 Km / 457 Miles This morning I set off at the planned 8am. I got my breakfast pie and coffee and hit the road for what I thought was gonna be an easy 50 km ride. But the WIND today… was horrendous. Some horrible weather was on its way,…
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Day 6. Waihi to Karangahake Gorge. 31 km
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371 Km / 231 Miles “Rest day” – Heading to Karangahake Gorge. A place I learn later, after some serious deja vu and after a rummage through old photo albums on facebook back to March 2014, that I had in fact been to before. Today I used the mountain bike…
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Pet Portraits Perth!
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63 Km / 39 Miles After a few attempts here is a bike ride around the Suburbs of North Perth and Yokine to map out a Puppy! See Pet Drawings…
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The Coromandel. Pinnacles to Cathedral Cove. 101 km.
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Day 3… Coromandel Forest Park Day 3… This morning I woke up with a terrible migraine, and knew I wasn’t going anywhere! After the hike yesterday I was still pretty exhausted and not feeling like i could get anywhere today, let alone on a bike! I stayed another night at…
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Day 1. Auckland to Matatoki. 122 Km
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122 Km / 76 Miles After a few (horribly muggy) days in Auckland, I was more than ready to get out of the city and hit the road on my bike. My first day was going to take me to the base of the Coromandel! The first ride day always…
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Day 12. Queenstown to Derwent Bridge. 55 Miles.
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My watch actually ran out of battery at the ‘DB 5KM’ mark so my total was actually 89 km today 🙂 409 Miles / 658 KM Well… I was definitely dreading today, but I was pleasantly surprised. I actually had a great day on the bike! My mentally had totally…
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Day 11. Strahan to Queenstown. 26 Miles
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354 Miles / 570 km Leaving Strahan this morning was a struggle. I slept pretty good and for a solid 9 hours but I was tired. Yesterday really drained me mentally and my body has been feeling pretty tired the last day or two. I didn’t leave till 10, and…
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Day 10. Rosebery to Strahan. 45 Miles
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328 Miles / 528 Km HEADING TO THE WEST COAST! It was a late start out of Rosebery this morning! My body was exhausted and my legs just didn’t want to cycle… I mean really, they weren’t going anywhere fast. I stopped at the IGA in town to load up…