Ree's Rave

2009-12-02T17:11:00.002+08:00

Thought I better put on a pic of the completed bathroom. It's been finished for a few weeks now, and all went well. A few last minute details to do yet, such as the blinds on the window, and co-ordinate all the towels/mats etc. Blinds have been measure/quoted but won't be ready till after New Year now. I might get some towels and mats and things on special after Xmas.

That's all for now....

Bike Ride to Kalamunda for Coffee

2009-12-01T20:27:00.003+08:00

Yes, it might seem a little OTT but I rode my bike to Kalamunda for a coffee on Sunday. It was just over 58km round trip and a total ascent of about 500m. I had a couple of short stops on the way up the hill on Welshhpool Rd just to get my breath back. It was a great sense of achievement to finally get to the cafe at Kalamunda and enjoy that coffee I'd been looking forward to. Great ride with an equally great bunch of people.

Here is a pic of the happy bunch at a little lookout halfway back down the hill.

We're going to leave it a few weeks then have another go at it. At least I'll know what I'm in for next time. Meantime, I'll concentrate on trying to get a bit stronger.

We're off to Bussellton Fri after work - staying at Abbey Beach for the night, and will spend Saturday watching some of our cycling buddies competing in the Iron Man event down there. Should be fun. Going to be great weather for it. Wish we could stop longer but other committments in the way, never mind, maybe we'll get down that way again later in the summer.

Well that's it for now, will post again after the event.

Here's me!

2009-11-16T21:18:00.000+08:00

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2009-10-29T20:47:00.001+08:00

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2009-10-28T18:45:00.001+08:00

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New Bathroom Progress

2009-10-20T22:17:00.002+08:00

The bathroom is coming along nicely. The floor tiles are down and one wall done. The vanity is in, and the shower has been started. It's all coming together. Yay. The end of this week should see it nearly completed.

Here's a little pic of where it's up to now. Tiling the whole way up the walls to the ceiling is a great idea, looks really great and will be so easy to look after.

The cycling has been fun. We've got the last of the Fitness Hub training nights this week. It's the dreaded time trial again, to test if we're any faster than we were at the beginning 6 weeks ago. I've certainly gotten more confidant at tackling the big hills if nothing else anyway. Reserve St is always going to be a challenge, but at least I know I can get too the top of it now.

Plans for Xmas coming together too. Great excitement with Lana and Nick making it across for over a week.

That's all for now, heaps happening in the next few weeks. Will update as I can.

Yippee Weekend Again

2009-10-09T20:13:00.004+08:00

Here we are with another Friday night upon us already! Been a while since my last post but not a lot happening apart from the usual.

Thursday night bike training is going great. Very hard work, hill after hill after hill last week and sprint sessions last night. I've now down Reserve St several times (3 times last Thurs night training) and am getting over my fear of it. Last Sat group ride my group missed the Pt Walter loop out as one of the girls got a flat and it took us too long to get her going again and we thought the rest of the guys would've finished their coffees by the time we got back to the shop. We hammered it around the river though and got some fairly fast work (for us) in and a good workout which we were all pleased with. The coffee break and catch up with the other riders was very enjoyable and a great morning was had by all.

I'm looking forward to a great ride with the group tomorrow. Karen and I reckon we want to tackle Reserve St so will give the other members of our group a short cut if they're not ready for it and we will all re-group later in the ride.

Keith is finished the tiling in the kitchen now, looks great. The splashback is fantastic and the blinds in the lounge/dining and bed1 are up at last - very pleased with them.

The next big project (apart from finishing off the bits and pieces in the kitchen) is the bathroom. We're getting the pros in for this job as it needs to be done speedily (only got the one bathroom). They are starting on Monday and should all be done by 2 weeks. Very exciting, will be great to have a nice new and fully functional bathroom.
We've been to the shop the bathroom guy deals with and picked out all the new fittings and
fixtures, very pleased with their range - just keeping it simple but should look really good.

Work is keeping me busy 3 days per week. Met an old friend in the city for lunch yesterday. My flexi time came in handy as I was able to have 2hrs for lunch so we really had a good catch up.

That's all for now, might update after the ride tomorrow with the ride particulars.

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2009-09-29T08:50:00.001+08:00

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Long Weekend

2009-09-29T08:22:00.008+08:00

We had a lovely long weekend. Beautiful weather for Sat and Sun, not too bad yesterday. Sat morning was great to get out for the 6.30am bike ride with the Buzz Group, no rain and it was actually light when we set off. What a fantastic ride, a brisk easterly blowing along the river so was pretty hard going especially going up Reserve St hill, but I made it.

Our front garden is looking really pretty atm, everything out in flower. Here's a pic, doesn't do justice to it fully, but you can get the idea.

Keith got a new (2nd hand) bike computer on Sat pm, with a GPS. It's great, tracks your ride very accurately, gives altitudes and climb details, gradient percentages and all the usual like heartrate, cadence etc. We tried it out on a ride on Sunday afternoon and he was very pleased with it. We went to Point Walter, had an icecream, then went home via the big hills. I made it much easier than on Sat, don't know if it was due more to the sea breeze or the icecream, but either way it's great for one's confidence. I have loaded ride using the "Share" button on Mapmyride, and it's loaded in another post above.

We had a fun time at friend's place on Sat watching the AFL Grand Final, got into the spirit of it all and had a great time. We caught up with other friends on Sun morning, and more family catch-ups yesterday so was a very productive weekend. On top of all that Keith got all the tiles on the wall in the kitchen, now for the grouting....

Back to work tomorrow and training on Thursday is at Point Walter this week, great, guess what we'll be training - yep, hills, something to really look forward to. Oh well, I'll have to try and conserve a bit of energy while at work on Thursday, no climbing up and down steps archiving for me that day. Looking forward to another great week and weekend next weekend, and some more great weather this week, shame about having to go to work though, but might get home early enough to catch a bit of the sun while it's here.

Catch you next time.

Thursday Night Training

2009-09-25T19:00:00.002+08:00

We had the second of 6 training sessions after work yesterday. We rode to Cyclebuzz to meet the rest of the group and then headed down in 1 big bunch to the Riverton forshore where our interval training was to take place. A fast pace down Willeri got us down there in no time. We were sorted into groups and commenced our first session of work. Very hard work, but I managed to hang onto my group, just. We waited at the end of the run for the other groups and were just about to set off the for second session and I noticed my front tyre was flat (again). Not my week, the 2nd flat in as many rides. The riders all took off except captain of my group and another guy who kindly put my spare tube in. By the time we found the rest of the riders they were finished the intervals and heading back around the river. It was getting dark fast by this time. We re-joind the group and sprinted around the river back to the Riverton Bridge area, and then headed back to the shop, pitch dark by the time we got back. A full on ride for me, even though I missed 3 out of 4 of the interval sessions. I think it's going to be hills next week becasue we're meeting at Pt Walter, oh great, something to really look forward to!

King of the Mountains!

2009-09-19T19:19:00.009+08:00

Yes, it's true, I did the whole ride 50km today with the B Group, including all the Pt Walter hills.

I even overtook a couple of riders on the hills. Yep, the training is working.

We had quite an eventful ride though. First of all it rained on us, and quite heavily too, then one of the girls got a puncture about 15kms from the start, another girl had a pedal come off while we were going around the river, and then I got a puncture about 10kms from the finish! The group I ride with is wonderfully supportive and I had a team of expert guys willingly take on the task of changing my tube before I even knew what was going on! Plus they also checked on me once we were rolling to make sure the tyre stayed inflated for the remainder of the journey, (and it did). Thanks guys. By the time we got back to the coffee shop Keith (who rode with the A's and got back quicker) had already ordered my coffee for me so all I had to do was enjoy it, then head off home for a nice hot shower and dry clothes. Great ride! Very happy.

Here is a may of my ride.

The Saturday Buzz Ride 49km
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2009-09-17T21:07:00.002+08:00

Well I've got this far, will see if I can now make it more interesting.

This afternoon was the first of 6 road cycling training sessions, following on from the weekly indoor training I've completed on Friday mornings over the last 6 weeks. Today was sort of an assessment session which constisted of riding a set distance as hard as we could while being timed. This was a completely new experience for me, having never been "racing" at all before. The weather was very yuk and was blowing a gale which made it hard to even ride straight, but I survived it. The trainer is emailing times out when she's got them finalised so that'll be interesting. The final session in 6 weeks time will be a timed ride over the same track again and we'll see what the difference in time is. I went my hardest in the timed session, and had a headache for 2 hours after I got home so I know I worked hard enough. No piccies of this ride but I'll see how we go for next time. Will see if I can get a pic from a previous ride in anyway.