Jan 21, 2011

What an eventful day! Today showed some of the great highs and deep lows of trying to follow the Tour. First, there were all the firsts for me. My first ride up Norton Summit Rd. My first ride through the hills to Nairn. My first time riding through Hahndorf and my first time nearly coming seriously unstuck riding down the Old Freeway. Second, there was the...

Jan 20, 2011

100k’s on the bike today… and that was just me. I went out to Angaston with 3 others to watch the first stage of the TDU proper. It was a great day with great weather and another HTC win for Matt Goss, closely followed by Greipel. This morning started out with a quick ride into the city to catch the train to Gawler. From Gawler, we rode across to a...

Jan 17, 2011

Hi! I’m Andrew, aka Wombat, and I am writing to you from sunny Adelaide, where we are just one day out from the 2011 TDU. First, a big thank you to the 602nds.com ppl for offering me the chance to share my thoughts, from a fan’s perspective, during the TDU. I am really looking forward to following the race this year. This is the first year I am watching AS a...

Jan 17, 2011

What a race! Matt Goss… what a RACE! There was so much happening today… and I’m not talking just about the men’s race this evening. There was a top women’s race this afternoon also. For the father of 3 daughters, this was a great race to be watching with my girls. It was fast (laps around the 2min 25 mark towards the end), there were plenty of...

Jan 17, 2011

Ironman Western Australia is held each year in the month of December starting in the stunning town of  Busselton a leading resort town on the shores of Geographe Bay in the beautiful Margaret River region around two and a half hours south of Perth. 602nds supporter and friend Rob Marshal was competing in his first Ironman event so we asked him to tell us...