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In falling off my bike nearly four weeks ago I twisted my left knee. Until yesterday I thought I was recovering quite nicely; until I walked about 5 or 6 kilometres and the soreness flared up again. So no walking any great distance for a while longer. As a consequence no door knocking to raise any more funds for a while, which is rather annoying and disheartening.
by Peter Mahony on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 @ 11:56 PM
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I did a bit of door knocking yesterday and raised nearly $500 but by the end of the day I had lost my voice ... laryngitis.
So no fundraising today. It's a bit pointless going out to ask people for a donation if you don't have a voice to speak with ... so fundraising has been put off for a while. I should be OK again by next week.
In the meantime, if anyone reads this and can do a bit without me speaking to them, click on the big green button above and make a donation.
by Peter Mahony on Fri, Jul 13, 2012 @ 3:27 AM
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We reached the mid-August target of $15,000 yesterday (29/6) which is about seven weeks ahead of schedule. WOW!
I took just eleven weeks.
So let's re-set the target again. Let's try for $20,000 in eleven weeks. That will be about the middle of September.
I must admit that I have a target of $25,000 in the back of my mind ... but let's get to $20,000 first. That will be quite an achievement if we can do that.
by Peter Mahony on Sat, Jun 30, 2012 @ 4:12 AM
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I've adjusted my target to $15,000 today. I'm perhaps a bit premature but I only have $329 to get to the $10,000 target and, with a bit of luck and help, I'll do that by the end of this week.
by Peter Mahony on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 @ 3:58 AM
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Unfortunately the Rockingham Community Challenge Ride organised by Bicycling WA (BWA) has been cancelled due to a lack of cooperation by the local Shire Council. The next BWA ride will be in the Kalamunda area towards the end of May. In the meantime I have joined the boys and girls at Armadale Cycles on their Saturday morning rides. They are a friendly bunch of people and provide a good range of rides to choose from. I tried the 60km ride this morning. Although I didn't manage to keep up (I lost it on the slight undulations, they could hardly be called 'hills'). I enjoyed the ride none the less and look forward to the next one.
Fundraising is going gang busters with lots of supporters and almost $10,000 raised to date. The present target is for the middle of May. Once the $10,000 has been reached I'll look at $15,000 by the middle of August. Perhaps I can even think about $20,000 by October. But let's not get ahead of ourselves ... one step at a time.
Of course none of this could be achieved with out the donations from all of the people who agree with the aim of our ride and what we are trying to achieve. My heartfelt thanks to all of you.
by Peter Mahony on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 @ 2:29 AM
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I rode my 100 miles (160.9kms) yesterday. I started at 5am and rode south down the Freeway Bike Path to the end and then another 20km on the Forrest Highway and return giving me a total of 161.9kms. The last 30kms were the hardest but I made it home by 1.25pm with about an hour and a half in resting periods along the way.
by Peter Mahony on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 @ 2:50 AM
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I participated in the Margaret River Community Challenge yesterday (10/3) and it sure was a challenge. I did the 60km distance. The course had some steep hilly parts and where it was not hilly there were long gentle slopes hammered by a strong cross breeze. At the end of the ride I was absolutely worn out. I surprised myself though by recovering quickly. After a few stretches, a rest and a bit of a walk around I had recovered. Perhaps not quite to the point where I was prepared to start the course again ... but recovered none the less.
The ride was organised by Bicycling Western Australia (bwa.org.au). Their next event for the likes of me is the Rockingham Community Challenge on 26th April. Why don't you have a go? Registration opens on 12th March. Go to their website and check it out.
by Peter Mahony on Sat, Mar 10, 2012 @ 11:25 PM
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Wow!!
Here it is, only the 14th February and we've reached our Easter target already!
We'll have to review our target again - let's make it $10,000 by the middle of May.
Is that being a bit ambitious do you think? With somewhere like 43,000 people dying of cancer in Australia in 2011 and another 115,000 cases being diagnosed, a cure for cancer must be considered by everyone to be a good cause.
So let's give it a go! We just might be able to provide the where-with-all to save some lives.
by Peter Mahony on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 1:37 AM
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Today we reached our initial target of $3200 ... in fact we went $107 over budget. Fantastic!!
I've sent all of my donors a newsletter announcing, among other things, a new target of $6,500 to be reached by Easter. And we're already half way there!
by Peter Mahony on Fri, Jan 06, 2012 @ 6:09 AM
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Due to the outstanding generosity of the people that I have approached I will soon have to review my target. It is only the first week of December and I already have had $2,185 donated. With the ride not being until October next year there is plenty of time for more people to participate by making a donation. Could we think of $6,400?
by Peter Mahony on Fri, Dec 09, 2011 @ 5:56 AM
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If your looking to buy a new bike or some biking gear at good prices have a look at cyclingexpress.com.au. Its an Aussie online bike shop that has been going for about 4 or 5 months now. Orders over $100 are freight free and under that freight is about $10. you can get some good gear there.
by Peter Mahony on Thu, Nov 03, 2011 @ 7:45 PM
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I rode to Mandurah and back on Sunday. 132km round trip. I did it mainly to see if I could last the distance. It was n't a real problem. I left home about 7 am, had a couple of 20 minute breaks along the way and arrived back home about 1pm. The ride was n't exactly hard but I knew that I had put in a good effort by the time I got home.
All I need to do now is have the stamina to do the same thing two days in a row.
I ride to the gym in Riverton 3 days a week which is about 18.5 k's each way and with a hour's workout in between. That should hold me in good stead for this time next year.
by Peter Mahony on Tue, Nov 01, 2011 @ 3:04 AM
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