Rob Doyle - Professional Fun Haver

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    Monday, February 9, 2009

    It's almost that time again......

    2 Days is all thats left until the Oceania's time trial, luckily I like time trialling and can be somewhat good at them. What's even better about this concept is that my sponsor Bianchi shares this same sentiment.


    This is my new weapon for Time Trial onslaughts, capped of with some "Uber" Reynolds wheels it will be quite the machine.


    A few people have seen me cutting laps of the lake, allen key and spanner in hand trying to set the positions. A few people have also mistaken me for a triathlete and spat on me.


    The good thing about Time Trials is they are predictable, they always hurt, they always feel they go on for to long, and there is always a photo of you looking torn on the internet or in the paper the next day. Luckly it means preperation is always the same, eat, ride a little, eat, and sleep. After this it's just the road race on the Sunday and then Break time! although my breaktime may involve a certain Track Open at Ararat and a certain Prime Estate Crit in melbourne. It'll be like shifting from working 9-5 everyday to just working casually on the weekends.


    2 days till DoyleTime, I'm excited


    DT

    Sunday, February 8, 2009

    The week that was...

    Well still without my laptop, I had to start using other peoples when they weren't watching. But to keep it brief and to not get caught, a photo tour is on the cards, and as we all know I'm not one for anything chronological.

    Prime Estate Buyers Agents Race 1 at SKCC, it rained a whole bunch of C graders crashed, i went solo just incase the same happened in A, then they cancelled the race.

    My arm warmers that are leg warmers, incase you didnt believe me. Beth also made the trip to melbourne without her cycling shoes, and had to wear a pair of mums runners around, unfortunately she wouldnt let me put old skool toe straps on her bike so she didnt race.

    Vic park velodrome, or as it is now, big banked circle with lots of rocks and stuff. Would of been a very cool location when it was functional, beth and I tried walking madison slings, i almost stacked.
    Possibly the reason I dont do to many other sports, blisters! or blister in this case, that over the space of an indoor soccer game removed most of the sole of my foot. It was worth it.
    Yes we went to lawn bowls in Bright, yes we dominated the Vegie Hamper Raffle.
    It's a hard life this lawn bowls business, i struggled, and coming from a professional uni student that says something.
    When we drove to Bright this tree got hit by lightning and errupted in flames, 4 days later it was still smoldering, kinda like lake wendouree.
    The trackie, a lot of people have asked me what I've been riding in my brief return to the track and here it is, the hillman circa 1954, outdoes BT blades left right and centre.
    Hot Day and the train blow up, so a trainstation sleep is in order, also known as a "plat nap"
    On the way to 47 degrees and how else do these pinncles of fitness celebrate the coffee stop of the bunch ride, but with a breakfast beer. I'm not sure these guys made it home safely.

    For now its just Oceania Road Titles to go, and they're this week. I was going to do diamonds, but i've since learnt that the boy cant win diamonds so I'm rethinking the trip alltogether.

    DT

    Time to get my blog on....

    ....hopefully someday soon when there isnt a big fire in between where my laptop currently is and where I currently am.

    lots to say