Self Righteous Cyclist

 It’s a Steel! A small, but illustrious field gathered at the Brunswick Velodrome for Steel Bike day last Sunday 23 rd March. In true Brunswick style, there was no plan or schedule, just a desire to have a great time on two wheels.  Chief Commissaire Mr. Pink’s first decree of the day was to make himself redundant and hand over the reigns to the juniors of the club who were there to “watch dad go round” and cheer on the riders.  With microphone in one hand and notebook in another, our four tireless junior commissaires, Ralph, Indra, Jonathon and April, kept order, counted down laps, waved flags, added scores, interviewed riders and did party tricks. And there were some pretty slick looking bikes in action The event was held to raise funds for Tour de Cure.   Anna Nicolas, lost her partner and former member Peter “Trigger” Traeger.   Peter tragically, lost his battle with cancer in November 2022, just 11 days after his son’s first birthday.   Anna said "I...

2024 the year of not focusing on results.  Wait, didn't I nominate a bunch of time and result driven goals for 2024?  Yes I did, but I don't care about them anymore. Shortly after I broke my Kinglake PR in February, it got me thinking, when is enough, enough?  Why is it that once we reach a certain goal, we then hunger for more?  Who am I competing with here?  Yes it would be great to post a better time than my mates, but ultimately the only person I am competing against is myself.  During the year I listened to a TrainerRoad podcast on goal setting and the emphasis was on process goals, rather than outcome goals, which many of mine are.  I have always prided myself on being about the process, but there's no doubt that I have become caught up in the outcomes, because they are a tangible measure of personal success.   Listening to the Anecdotally Speaking podcast last year, they introduced a story about Joseph Heller (author of Catch 22) bei...