Changes and Challenges and more, on and off the bike.
Well in Melbourne it’s getting cold, at least by our standards anyway. I feel like a real road warrior riding home on the cold wet nights. Seeing the peloton at the Giro (go Cadel!!) riding over snow-covered mountains has put this into perspective. The heat waves of Summer seem like a distant memory. The change … Read more
Reconnecting with Passion and Preparing the Mind for the Road Ahead.
Back on the bike, in a manner of speaking… Well, it’s Easter. It’s a time of transition as we move into the colder months here in Melbourne. It has been a very quiet month on the blog mainly because I’ve started teaching again, back in Classics and Archaeology at the University of Melbourne. I’m loving it. … Read more
A New Approach
In just over a week I’m riding the first of a series of rides in the Netti Challenge series. First up is the Marysville Lake Mt Challenge. There are a few course options, but my mate who signed me up put us in for the longest one, 160km. Only the long course includes tackling the … Read more
Turning Lead into Gold
Periodically, out of the blue, I question what I’m doing, whether it’s my work, a thesis, or in this case riding. One of these times was last Wednesday night and I was trying to remind myself why I ride. It was odd really, feeling temporarily disconnected. Of course I know it’s good for my body … Read more
Birthday Cake and Bikes
… a match made in heaven, great fuel for those tough climbs. Nah, this post is a little different from the usual… nothing remotely philosophical, mythological or anything like that. This is much more fun. My son Will turned 1 ten days ago and as we staggered the celebrations over a couple of days we … Read more
Maintaining the Self and Making Time to be
It’s very easy to live on automatic. The busier we get, being on autopilot can be quite helpful with the ordinary stuff while allowing us to focus our attention on the more difficult parts of the day or those we just enjoy the most. But automatic living can also become like a type of sleep-walking. … Read more
The Road to Success: Being Prepared for the Challenges and Finding the Jewel of Compassion
Perspective is everything. We create unreasonable and unrealistic expectations for our own lives and those of others and this can really distort the perspective we bring to life. As much as we can, we try to block out the difficulties and setbacks. This shouldn’t be happening! Why is this happening to me? We normally treat … Read more
The Winning Mind: Keeping the Ups and Downs of Life in Perspective
Perhaps this post would be more accurately entitled ‘Getting the Ups and Downs of Life in Perspective, because that’s the real challenge we face so often. It’s so incredibly easy to get caught up in the dramas of daily life, the stresses of work, money, relationships – you name it – that we lose sight … Read more
Healing the Wounds of the Past: Coming to Terms with our Shadow
In many of the great myths and epics, including virtually every example from the world of Hollywood and comics, the hero has an ongoing confrontation with a figure who represents their opposite – often dark, destructive, violent elements – think of Dracula, who embodies all that suppressed desire of Jonathan Harker. There’s also Darth Vadar. During his training … Read more
