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pine
Aug 3, 08 2:36
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Ok, anyone out there who lives in lower North Shore Sydney with school age children, who would like to ride during the week in West head, Bobbin Head or Old pacific Hwy. I know my chances are slim but you never know, someone may be interested. I am slow at present due to back surgery but I hope to get as fast as I was. It is getting warmer and I am getting more motivated. I go on my own or with a few friends if they are not working but most of the time it is just me or one other.
“Prevention is better than cure.”
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Aug 4, 08 5:38
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Ok, so no-one from Sydney, I will just have to ride with the same old ducks I have been for the past 6 years. It was worth a try. .
“Prevention is better than cure.”
pine
Aug 4, 08 16:04
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Had a great ride today with my 61 year old friend who kicks my ass. Her skin no longer fits her but shit she is strong. We rode West Head which is a rollercoaster of hill and at the end is a view from heaven above. The flowers are coming up because it will be spring here in a month. A kangaroo ran by my side before it went into the bush. Well must take my daughter to school. keep you up to date later, maybe even post some pictures for you of my rides here.
“Prevention is better than cure.”
pine
Aug 4, 08 16:23
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this is the
view from the top. The ride is through the
national park
“Prevention is better than cure.”
pine
Aug 4, 08 16:25
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How cool, this can be my own blog. I will post more things later, must go off to Tafe. I am doing accounting just for fun.
“Prevention is better than cure.”
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Aug 4, 08 16:55
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Very nice! I've been to Sydney to visit a friend, never ridden there - seemed like a LOT of traffic! I did get to swim at the Olympic pool under the harbour bridge - now that was nice, as are all the pools at the beaches, filled with salt water, despite those little nasty creatures (jellies - ouch).
thanks for sharing your photos!
pine
Aug 5, 08 4:20
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How nice to have a visitor at my blog. Thank you.
I am always writing here during the night in your time because it is day time here in Sydney. I am sure I look like a psycho and need specialised treatment for starting my own forum but no harm done and I love my own company. My friends would laugh at me if they found out.
I haven’t got any races planned at present because I am going through the fear of racing due to injury on my back 2 year ago. I plan on doing some long distance cycling. there is one in South Australia for
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well it is evening now here in sydney and I should go to bed because I promised the dog we would go running. We often race but she always wins. I have a Border Terrier, the sweets dog in the world.
Rosy
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Maui
Aug 7, 08 9:04
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Hey Pine! Are you going to update your blog or what?
pine
Aug 8, 08 2:45
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'Oh' my god, another visitor, it gets so lonely out here, was sort of resting. Nice to meet you. Yes I will update my blog because everyone that visits gives me inspiration to train again and be a super yummy mummy. after my Microdiscectomy which emotionally affected me. I will try and take photos again for you of Sydney and some of my rides. I always post during your night time because it is day time here. I am a mother of 3. My oldest is Hayley and she is 16 years old. It is lovely to see her turning into a young lady. I will tell you about the other 2 later don’t want to bore you too much.
The bellow photo is of Akuna Bay, I used to ride it comfortably but these days I am slow
“Prevention is better than cure.”
pine
Aug 8, 08 3:12
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My other love is great coffee. I have this coffee roaster who roasts fresh coffee for me once a week and I grind it myself then make it with my Rancilio Italian Machine. I just love the full bodied flavour of espresso coffee it gives me a buzz and I feel high for the rest of the day. It tastes the best after a long ride.
My friends that I cycle with want to come to my place after riding because they know I am a BARISTA.
I don’t want to upset any of my new friends who visit my blog, but I have heard the you can’t get a good cup of coffee in the USA. You have those Starbucks places. They didn’t do so well here in Sydney because we have a great Italian culture which introduced us to the finest coffee in the world.
"Please excuse all grammar and spelling, English was not my first language. I migrated to Australia when I was 10 and when my parents’ went to work, I used to spend more time on the beach than at school"
Must go and do the dishes after dinner.
see you soon.
“Prevention is better than cure.”
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Aug 8, 08 4:35
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This is my Cat Jade, she is An Australian Mist.
Can anyone tell me how to start swimming again after a long break? I don't like to go to squad because I am so slow and it gets embracing. I am a land mammal like to feel the ground beneath me. Before races I used to shake like I had Parkinson’s disease, the swim terrified me. Always out of the water last, people would applaud and say well done, but deep down I knew they thought “give it up, you suck”
Always had great bike times but got so tired from chasing everyone that I had nothing left on the run.
I won some trophies a few years ago for my age group. (There were only two of us). What’s the saying “you have to be in it to win it”
“Prevention is better than cure.”
cstine
Aug 8, 08 7:21
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I always find that buying a new fun swimsuit makes me want to swim more - try SPLISH!
pine
Aug 8, 08 19:16
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Hello Cstine,
Thank you, today I ordered this swim suit in two colours, red and black
How cool is this rainbow one. I think I will order it as well. Cstine, I bet you are a really good swimmer. That pool you swam in is called North sydney and it is very close to my place. This is a photo for you to remember it by.
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As for the Jelly fish, they are only out at the beginning for summer, late spring. They don’t hurt. When I did the open water swims at the beginning of the season, it felt gross at first but then you just get used to feeling them under your hands when you pulled the water. The worst things are blue bottles, they are very painful.
Usually the fast swimmers get stung more because they reach the blue bottles first. I am often at the end of the pack and am shark bait. I wander if you get them in your ocean swims?
this is the Blue bottle (Physalia physalis)
“Prevention is better than cure.”
AndyPants
Aug 8, 08 19:21
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Pine, I love your blog. I managed to ride once in the Blue Mountains (and then of course in WA) and have been to AUS many times, always a good trip.
Keep posting!
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pine
Aug 8, 08 19:33
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Thank you so Much Andy Pants. (Love your name)
Please excuse my spelling once again; I am sure you all understand me.
The Blue Mountains are beautiful. Did you go to the three sisters?
“Prevention is better than cure.”
dreaming~big
Aug 9, 08 5:37
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what a beautiful spot. it looks something like our great smoky mountains on the east coast. thanks for blogging. i too enjoy reading it. tell us about your other two children!
ADDGirl
Aug 9, 08 6:38
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<<Can anyone tell me how to start swimming again after a long break? I don't like to go to squad because I am so slow and it gets embracing. I am a land mammal like to feel the ground beneath me. Before races I used to shake like I had Parkinson’s disease, the swim terrified me. Always out of the water last, people would applaud and say well done, but deep down I knew they thought “give it up, you suck” >>
I didn't swim at all until several months ago so I know a few things about the embarassing factor in the pool ;) I got a swim coach which helped, because at least when the other people saw me flailing around in the pool (or sinking like a rock) they saw that I was trying to get help so it took some of the embarassment away. When I was swimming on my own, I would try to hit the pool when I thought it would be least crowded to minimize the stares (at least that's how I imagined it!). Not sure if your schedule allows that or not. But the best thing was that the progress that you make motivates you to keep doing it and keep coming back for more, until you find you are no longer embarassing yourself :)
pine
Aug 9, 08 18:50
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Hi dreaming big.
You have done well; I saw your blog and enjoyed reading it also. Keep up the good work.
Because you asked.
Ok, well my son is 15 years old. I didn't know I was pregnant with him till I was about 10weeks. You see I was still breast feeding my first child and fell pregnant when she was 7months. It was hard work having two babies so close in together but very for filling. When he was about 17months old I noticed that he wasn’t progressing like my first born. People said boys are slower. Well he still wasn’t walking or talking and my gut feeling told me that he wasn’t quit right. He was in day care where I was nursing and one day the staff told me that they have concerns about him and he wasn’t like the other toddlers. At that stage my heart sank into my pants.
To cut a long story short, I took him to a paediatrician and other child professionals who said he has autism. We started early education immediately, speech therapy, occupational therapy, Physio and the lot I could think of.
I decided to mainstream him at school so that he can learn the norm. I didn’t want him to stay with special needs all the time. Any way today he is a fun loving happy teenager who participates in tennis comp and goes to swim squad.
You would never know he had issues. The only time is when we go on holidays or take him out of his environment. He would drive his sisters nuts but once I give a piece of my mind he behaves himself.
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Aug 9, 08 19:02
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Thank you for that.
Yes I have had a private lesson, that’s how I learned to swim. I swam 3 times a week in squad for 3 years before I had the injury. Sometimes I love swimming and other times I panic and don't want to do it.
One of my greatest challenges was doing the open water swims here in Sydney.
I was very proud of myself when I did "The big swim" 2.7 - 3 km in the ocean. I even swam today for the first time in 3 months, I swam 2km (slowly)
This is a photo of the big swim
Palm beach to whale beach. It took me 60min to complete it.
Conditions have varied over the years, from flat and calm to very strong swells and chop. In a south-easterly wind, the course becomes even more difficult as swimmers must plough through both the wind and sometimes heavy chop.
This is ocean swimming at its finest.
And let me tell you I was sea sick for 4 hours after that swim. That was back in 2006
“Prevention is better than cure.”
TriToy
Aug 9, 08 19:09
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OH you have the most beautiful training ground!!!
I think if I visited I would never leave!
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pine
Aug 10, 08 2:58
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Yes the training here is beautiful. It is cold at the moment so I am not so motivated.
We are always short of Physicians; you should come for a few months over summer.
“Today was the City to Surf race” 14km from the City to Bondi beach, 70,000 participated "running up heart break hill, "ouch"
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Ultra-tri-guy
Aug 10, 08 6:28
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'Oh' my god, another visitor, it gets so lonely out here, was sort of resting. Nice to meet you. Yes I will update my blog because everyone that visits gives me inspiration to train again and be a super yummy mummy. after my Microdiscectomy which emotionally affected me. I will try and take photos again for you of Sydney and some of my rides. I always post during your night time because it is day time here. I am a mother of 3. My oldest is Hayley and she is 16 years old. It is lovely to see her turning into a young lady. I will tell you about the other 2 later don’t want to bore you too much.
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THat photo brings back memories.In 1992 I did the Iron distance race that started there and finishd in Manly.You are looking at the swim course right there.The bike was out to West Head then back to the bottom box,up to the top box and back down to Akuna Bay-five times!!Toughest Ironman ride I've ever done.The run was from the Marina in the photo to Manly Beach.
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Aussie Nick, back in Oz
Maui
Aug 10, 08 22:41
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We are always short of Physicians; you should come for a few months over summer.
Are you guys short of software engineers?
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Well that Ironman race no longer runs here in Sydney. I don’t think anyone would be able to complete it, after reading your response "The bike was out to West Head then back to the bottom box, up to the top box and back down to Akuna Bay-five times! That’s sounds like a killer.
I hope you had good memories from the photo, when I ride it all I get is "blood sweat and tears"
“Prevention is better than cure.”
pine
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I am sure of it. Name the profession and I bet you will find a position.
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