Anatomy of a bad idea
Some life decisions are better than others, and this was somewhere near the bottom. Future Lizanne is going to hurt.
Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals 2020 – Full Race reports
The Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals as experienced by the A grade women.
May Contain Fact
racing in 2020- Sometimes it be like that
2020, What a year. Nothing represents the ups and downs of the year like my Strava account. I was plodding along, slugging it in the gym. After signing onto Tesseract a few months earlier, racing (and doing well) in a few CL1 track races, I was on track to get a start at one of…
Track Cycling Stay-cation!
Here’s the deal
*7 different velodromes
*8 Carnivals
*Minimum 32 races!
*2 Cities
*14 days
Sound too good to be true? Want in? Well Christmas has come early, and I can tell you, this track cycling Christmas stay-cation is the place to be.
Enthusiastic race filler
Enthusiastic race filler! That’s what I am, and I am damn proud of that. After I won nationals last year, I “retired*”. To anyone around me, we all know that this is a joke. I’m not finished, I’m not done, I’m not going to rack the bike. This was the beginning of my ‘Victory lap…
Ghetto Training for the Commuting Competitor
Part 2- Life’s a Keirin
Ghetto Training for the Commuting Competitor
Part 1- Introduction to ghetto training A wise man once told me– Ride your bike every day. Ride for training, ride to work, ride for you. It is the best thing you can do. “Arthur Donnelly” Arthur was one of the first people to get me onto the track. When I was starting out, he…
I AM Canadian
and I’m damn proud of it! But in Cycling it’s one of the hardest things for me to do. You see, me being an expat in Australia has set me up for isolation. I’m too Canadian for the Australians and too Australian for the Canadians. This leaves me in this constant state of limbo. Sometimes…
Sydney Christmas Carnivals: 10th Anniversary Celebrations! Women’s Special
Winter is over and the Australian shops have put up their Christmas decorations. This can only mean one thing, 50 days until the Sydney Christmas Carnivals!!! But unlike Christmas, have no fear. The Christmas carnivals are smack dab in the middle of the track season. And a perfect launch pad for perfecting speed before the…
The comeback part 1- Race Reports
Week 16 was going to be my scan. Week 17 was going to be team states. Week 18 is going to be my comeback! I had my surgery, I followed instructions, I’ve been feeling great, and my only setback has been getting cleared to get back into things. Last week after another re-schedule of my…
Lizanne Wilmot 