Tour of Bright - I'm not superstitious, but doesn't bad luck in threes?
After months of early morning structured training, weekends with double hard days, bike prep, nutrition prep and targeted tapering, I was ready for my version of a grand final, the Tour of Bright. The Tour of Bright is the biggest multi-stage bike race in Australia, with over 400 riders contesting, 10 categories, across three stages over two days. Throw in the criterium on the night before and you have yourself an unofficial four stage event. This is as big as it gets for club cyclists in Australia. By 10:30am on Friday morning, the car was packed. My wife, Paula and I were ready to hit the road. Across the road, we observe our neighbours, Michael and Jude rescuing ducklings from the storm water drain in front of their house. We do the neighbourly thing and offer to help. We corralled the rescued ducklings toward the mother duck and her brood of ducklings in the hope they can be reunited and make their way safely back to Merri Creek....