The Devonport Carnival went a bit better.  Devonport was a two-day carnival in a town about 1 hour and 15 minutes away and the schedule once again called for long days at the track.  We were there from about 2:00pm until 10:30 or later as they went through all the running, cycling, high jumping, and [...]

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Call me a stickler for details or ‘correctness’ but the formatting troubles I am having is really starting to drive me crazy.  I apologize for not being able to separate my paragraphs with proper line breaks or indentations.  It is a problem (I think) between the new computer I am borrowing to write these updates [...]

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               Let me take a moment to explain these carnivals.  The Christmas Carnivals are a huge tradition here in Tasmania and have been going on for a long time.  The first one was held in 1887 so this New Years day will be the 122nd Burnie Carnival while the [...]

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Some days I have it, other days I don’t.  Today I had nothing.  No legs.  No power.  No leg speed. No lungs. Not even a pack finish. Some times of the year I am crazy fit, other times I am not.  I fear that right now I am closer to the not fit than being fit. I [...]

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Note: I wrote this with paragraph breaks and other formatting issues which are not showing up once posted on-line, no matter what I do.  I think it is because I wrote it on a different computer than my usual one.  Please excuse the poor formatting and run-on paragraph.As a full time cyclist I must try [...]

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