The art of “speed” planning

January 27, 2009 on 6:51 pm | In Getting started | 5 Comments

A week has passed since I decided to go ahead with my cycling plan. One loooooong week. A week seems like a long time when you are thinking about one goal, non-stop, constantly. I knew that just making the decision would not be enough on it’s own, I would have to actually start setting some solid plans or I run the risk of metal entropy, and better sense coming to me. So now I have started telling people, I know I can’t pretend I never decided to do it. But with time could it become an empty promise to myself? So I knew I had to set a date pretty quick, and then work from there actively towards my goal. But when should I do go? An important decision it would seem

Decisions are pretty easy things to make, it’s the consequences that are the real kicker. To make a decision, you just take in all the data you can collect, analyse it, eliminate the risks and then the decision will pretty much make itself. That’s the theory so here is how it went.
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Just popping out for a quick bike ride

January 19, 2009 on 10:52 pm | In Getting started | 8 Comments

My major new year resolution came to me a little late this year. Well to be honest, I made it on New Years Eve, but kept it under my hat for a bit, just to make really damn sure I wasn’t just drunk and it is something I might like to do. I also had to find the right moment to tell my family about it, as it was to have some impact on them.

Two weeks ago we were camping up at Whatuwhiwhi, our annual pilgrimage to the Top 10 holiday park, for swimming, sunning, and having less showers than you would normally get away with. We were well relaxed after 5 days camping, and I planned to take the family out for a fun day, get them in the right mood for me to announce my new resolution. We would take a leisurely trip up to “The Cape”, Cape Reinga, the northern most point of our fair country, then finish up by doing one of Mel’s favourite things, pulling into a winery for dinner and drinks before rolling back to the camp ground. Well things didn’t go exactly to plan.
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