• 27.1 km ride - Wrapping up GCC 2024 - Tuesday, October 29, 2024
    Logged this ride 9 days ago - View on Strava
  • 50.0 km ride - Ferry Loop - Saturday, October 26, 2024
    Logged this ride 12 days ago - View on Strava
  • 23.5 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Wednesday, October 23, 2024
    Logged this ride 15 days ago - View on Strava
  • Mission Accomplished
    19 Oct 2024

    When I signed up for this year’s GCC Ride I have set my goal to ride only 200kms; just a fifth of what I have set last year. This was after realising that my body could barely ride 10kms at a time when I did a few test rides around our block. Thanks to my mates who accompanied me on my first ride, I felt that I could set my goal higher and so I increased it to 300kms.

    I love pushing myself to my limits. I love doing something where there is a big chance that I could fail. If you only do things knowing that you could not fail then there is no growth. Failure really is just a chance to fine tune your strategy.

    This GCC Ride isn’t just for kids suffering with cancer. This ride was also for me. As my doctor told me, be glad that what you have is not cancer.

    Thanks to everyone who supported my fund raising. We did it all together.

    https://greatcyclechallenge.com.au/Riders/DemosthenesMateoJr

    Mission Accomplished
    Posted 18 days ago
  • 77.0 km ride - Not Riverloop - Saturday, October 19, 2024
    Logged this ride 19 days ago - View on Strava
  • 22.5 km ride - Fixie under a supermoon - Thursday, October 17, 2024
    Logged this ride 21 days ago - View on Strava
  • 92.3 km ride - GCC Ride #5 - Saturday, October 12, 2024
    Logged this ride 26 days ago - View on Strava
  • 27.0 km ride - GCC Ride #4 - Friday, October 11, 2024
    Logged this ride 27 days ago - View on Strava
  • Goal Achieved
    9 Oct 2024

    Thanks to all you wonderful people who supported my ride. This morning I woke up realising that I have surpassed my goal of raising $500! Amazing! This is probably the quickest in the 8 years that I have been doing this. I’m overwhelmed by your generosity. You know who you are.

    So now the pressure is mounting to complete my end of the bargain. I still have lots of riding to do. Been checking the forecast everyday trying to find even just a tiny window of time to get on the saddle but the weather hasn’t been cooperating. It is quite frustrating to be honest but then I can’t help but think about the devastation in Florida and it made me realise that I am in no position to whinge about what seems like a drizzle compared to what is happening on that side of the world. There is always something to be thankful about.

    The plan is to ride for an hour on Friday after work and then wake up early on Saturday for a “longer” ride before the weather turns bad again. It’s funny and frustrating at the same time knowing that earlier this year I could have ridden the entire 300kms in one go. Literally. On my fixie bike. Those days are gone and I have to be thankful that I could still ride my bike.

    Again, thanks to everyone. We are all in this together.

    Posted 28 days ago
  • $250 raised to fight kids' cancer!

    I just raised $250 to fight kids' cancer and achieved PROTECTOR LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.

    Posted 29 days ago