Category: Lifestyle

Taking a step back before Romandie, I had spent 12 nights sleeping at 2200m above sea level for some altitude training. We were staying in a Hotel at the top of El Teide, which happens to be the most frequented…

Days, weeks and months have passed without a blog update. The anticipation has been huge! Fan mail turned to hate mail, as my followers became frustrated (mostly my parents) wanting to know what the heck is going on in my…

Andorra. The country I’d heard so much about and seen the various professionals spending time training or living there. This small nation in the Pyrenees hugged by Spain and France from all angles is less than a three-hour drive from Girona,…

Well, it’s been a little while! I had a post written up about the Tour of Austria, but never got around to posting it and now I feel like the moment has come and gone. Anyway, here’s a very brief…

Well, I’ve been in Girona for about just over a month now, and things are going great! So I thought I would write a short post to give an update on what’s been happening on the other side of the…

I have never been so equally happy and sad to depart Australia before. Previous times my overseas trip has either been short, or I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Last year I definitely had little idea…

There must be something about my birthday! Or is it Adelaide? 

With 2016 nearly over it’s time to take a quick look at what has happened. I’ve clocked up slightly over 28,000km of training and races which is my biggest year to date. That’s over 76km’s per day, which when I think…

It’s a bit of a cliché but I have to say it: I am extremely excited to be joining Cannondale Drapac in 2017 as part of the World Tour!! For those of you who aren’t too involved with cycling, a team…

It was six years ago when I lasted visited Montpellier, where I lived for six weeks during a school exchange program. I stayed in a beautiful house with the Crampette family, and to be honest it was one of the…

I’ve heard the term “living out of a suitcase” thrown around lots in professional cycling, and until now, I never really understood entirely what this meant. Yes I know what living out of a suitcase means, but until you experience…