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    Flandrian Hardmen

    by James Moffat • October 22, 2011 • Training • 0 Comments

    Lion of Flanders

    Riding in wet weather is one of the most rewarding parts of cycling. At the same time however it is also one of the most horrible. This morning I rode 55km in torrential rain for most of the ride and I loved every minute of it. I headed out from home at 7:00 and by [...]

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    Kinglake

    by James Moffat • September 18, 2011 • Training • 1 Comment

    Oakley Jawbone Kinglake

    Today for the second time I rode up to Kinglake and back. The ride was believe it or not my second longest ride at an amazingly long 110km. It was ranked on Strava as my second hardest ride ever only behind the Amy Gillets ride at the beginning of this year. I rode with the [...]

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    Three things about Rollers

    by James Moffat • August 16, 2011 • Training • 2 Comments

    Rollers

    1. Rollers are actually easy to ride. At the recent VSCC South Metro I encouraged three school mates to come and race. Given that for two of them it was there first experiences of competitive riding they did amazingly well and showed off the school with flying colours. When we had all finished racing they [...]

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    The Human Powered Vehicle

    by James Moffat • July 5, 2011 • Tech, Training • 1 Comment

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    Today my master, my training program told me to do 2 x 15min, E3 intervals. When I saw the task to complete I had to figure out a few things before I could train. I decided to list them out in my head. Tasks: Get changed and ready to train. While this sound easy in [...]

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    Taking Advantage of DISC

    by James Moffat • April 19, 2011 • Training • 0 Comments

    This holidays DISC has beenĀ availableĀ to use for $5/hour. Yesterday I hired the velodrome for an hour in order to keep the feel of the track in my legs and as I was doing intervals it fitted into what I needed to do perfectly. At the track I was the only person there which meant I [...]

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