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Tag: the cyclist

  • It’s July :: Vive le Tour

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    Yes it’s that time of year again! The Tour de France is now a week in, which loosely translates to I haven’t had a single conversation with the cyclist that hasn’t involved the dissection of each stage, points, jerseys, teams, accidents and GC standings. It sounds like the month of dread but to be honest…

  • And So Begins Birthday Month

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      My darling husband, aka the cyclist, turns 42 today. He’s quite excited by this as up until last week he thought he was already 42 so he feels like he has won back a whole year. Just one of the many reasons I love him – if the details are not important then he…

  • More Surgery

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    So this time the surgery is not mine. Almost 2 weeks ago my darling husband went under the knife to try and correct an injury from a motorbike accident from almost 23 years ago, which resulted in an arm that doesn’t straighten. He was in and out in a day – amazing! I’m amused though…

  • Not My Kind of Stitching

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    This is my darling husband’s head after a very brief encounter with the garden shed door – no prizes for guessing who won! Due to the copious amounts of blood gushing from his head I called an ambulance – wouldn’t you? They arrived, inspected the damage, pronounced him to be fine and then unsuccessfully tried…

  • Meet Team Resolution

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    This is Team Resolution of which my darling husband is a member. As I write they are making their way home from Jindabyne on Day 3 of the Hartley Cycle Challenge 2007. It’s an amazing feat to ride over 400km in 3 days and I’m so proud of him and his team. His training started…