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OTB - Cracked helmet - close call...
Close call - yesterday's OTB - landing head first ... 
My trusted helmet did what it's supposed to do...absorbing the impact of 90 kg's hitting the ground head/face first, however, the sharp edge of the visor bent inwards on impact and gouged a chunk out of my nose and caused cuts to the face.
A Proper HTFU Training Ride
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Glenbrook station carpark.
My semi regular Saturday morning training Ride - Oaks up plus detour and then back down.
This is a long and steady training ride it is not a smash fest but definately a hard ride it is non stop and not a social outing.
Starting at Glenbrook at 5.30am sharp I head up the Oaks then from Woodford I head further up the mountain for some sweet single track riding and then back to Woodford and down the Oaks. Its a good 4 and a bit hours in the saddle without a break if you cant ride for that amount of time without a stop then this ride is not for you.
Terrey Hills update for 07 Jan
A few small puddles but back to mostly dry.
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Manly Dam update for 06 Jan
A few puddles from recent rain, but generally excellent, as of Wednesday 06/01/10.
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Ourimbah.. 3 or 4 laps
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North End of Red Hill Rd, Ourimbah State Forest. There's a large-ish parking area here, just off the main sealed road. There is also a smaller parking area a little further (400m or so from the road) where the trail splits - this second area is the usual meeting point. If you end up driving up a steep hill you've gone too far.
Thinking of doing 3 or 4 laps, ( last time I was good for about 50min laps ). I figure that the pace will be inversely proportional to the number of Friday afternoon carbo loading beers..
leaving about 630 from Cromer, room in the truck for a couple more.
runsaturday.com
Hey all,
Who has tried this with their Garmin? Am using GarminConnect at the moment which I'm finding OK, but lacking in many respects. A lot less features than the now extinct MotionBased....
What do you guys reckon? or hold out till GC catches up to what MB had?
Just having a browse now.. seems cool...
North Turramurra Mapped
Thanks to a local tour by Lach last week we've just finished mapping out trails around North Turramurra.
Overlooked for a long time, this area is actually pretty large and goes into number three spot in the Northern Beaches - areas by trail distance. Sadly the vast majority of this is firetrail of the out and back variety but it has some small pockets of single track (yes, outside of NPWS managed lands!) that add a little interest. It's a good destination for training though - some rather brutal climbs in there!
Apparently this has been made possible by some new firetrail created recently by the local council, so if steep hills are your thing, go check it out.