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Marv’s November Bike Log

Dear Rouleurs,

Considering that I lost a week in the middle of November due to illness, knocking out 548km wasn’t too bad. Here’s my log and stats.  Here’s the log and stats for November.

Probably the most significant observation I could make is that it looks very likely that I’ll break 7000km mark this year.  I’m already about 1125 km ahead of annual target. That’s pretty amazing given all of the life “stuff” I’ve had on this year.

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I’ve signed up for three events early next year, the Cadel Evans People’s Ride 111km version in January, the Ballarat Classic 100Km version in February and the MS Cycle 50Km in March.

Until next blog, ride safe.

Marv

Marv’s October Bike Log

Dear Rouleurs,

If September was a wet and windy month, October wasn’t much better. In fact, I’ll writing up a blog soon on an article that appeared in The Age, about how windy October 2016 was.  So here’s the log and stats for October.

October wasn’t a great month for distance travelled.  I had a few family commitments that meant by weekends and weekdays have less opportunity for cycling.  I feel that 537km was a fairly meager result given that about 20% of the total was achieved in RTB 2016.

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I don’t have any events organised for November. But I’ll be registering in the Cadel Evans 2017 Peoples Ride shortly.  Hopefully I’ll make it to the actual start line this time, this year a really poorly timed flu put me in bed for a few days.

Until next blog, ride safe.

Marv

Marv’s September Bike Log

Dear Rouleurs,

September was a wet and windy month that really cramped Team MMT’s cycling. With various parts of Victoria being underwater, MMT probably should be grateful for this minor inconvenience. So here’s the log and stats for September.

After last month’s mega effort 630km seems paltry by comparison. However the bigger picture is that I was within in 250Km of 6,000Km ridden, MMT’s goal for 2016.  I’m guessing that I passed the total on my Round the Bay ride.  More on that next month.

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I don’t have any events organised for November, so I’ll have to hunt around.  I have registered for the 2017 version of MS Cycle.

Until next blog, ride safe.

Marv

Marv’s August Bike Log

Dear Rouleurs,

It’s been awhile.  Alas the rigours of fatherhood and work have consumed the last three weeks or so.  Watching a thrilling La Vuleta has also been a big and very exciting distraction. The Olympics, on the other hand, were an almost complete disappointment.  More on that later.  So without any further delay, here’s the log and stats for August.

Much to my astonishment, I rode 738km in August, bringing my annual total to 4980km.  I’m now about 950km ahead of my annual target  and this rate I will pass 7000km by the end of the year.  Woo hoo!!!  The highlight of this month, was the week,  book-ended by 1st and 7th, were I rode 209km.

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Sunday October 9, is looming large on next month’s calendar, as this will mark the MMT’s first attempt at 100km as part of Around the Bay, organised by the Bicycle Network.  MMT is riding from Alexandra Gardens to Frankston and back.

Until next blog, ride safe.

Marv