Diary of a Cycling Widow

• Bike Racing by a non-racer (and non-report writer!) 9 years ago This post was written for the ANZA cycling club weekly blog, the RTI, back in July, which can be found here. Our esteemed RTI editors asked me to write a race report after taking part in the Tri-Factor Bike race on Sunday, the second installment of this year’s Tri-Factor series. This is all...
• En route to Austria, via Putrajaya (and maybe a marriage counsellor...?) 9 years ago This post was originally written back in April for the weekly ANZA cycling club blog, "RTI", and appears here. As the Rondys are gearing up for their 2015 Europe pilgrimage (oh and a trip to some little race called the 70.3 IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS...we thought it about time we shared it on...
• Apologies from a 'pretty average' female cyclist 9 years ago I read these two articles on female self-depreciation earlier today (Self depreciation and the female cyclist ; Being honest about your strengths) and they struck a resounding cord. Both pieces are spot on and thought-provoking - I encourage all my female friends to read one, if not...
• Impossipuzzles 10 years ago "You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place."  Miriam Adeney Homesickness.It comes in the strangest of forms, in the most unexpected moments and...
• 10 things I never did before moving to Asia 10 years ago 1. Used a rice cooker. Why the hell do we not use these in Europe? I have seen the light. I am a convert.2. Planned weekends on exotic beach islands.And by 'weekends', I really mean weekends: leaving Friday night after work and returning Sunday night. I could pop over to an exotic island for a...

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