Hey all,
A part from the obvious serious news (mark's serious injury while mountain bike riding around port arthur) things have been interesting.
Yesterday (day3) was a 40km mountain bike ride that was extremely tough and then there was a 4km run which included a rope bridge cross, a rope swing and a bridge cross (scaling the trusses of the bridge) while hanging over a gorge. Then to complete the day we white water raft down rappids to the finish line. I was crapping myself as white water is a fear of mine.
Day highlight: - Derek coming off the mountain bike at about 40kms.. face/shoulder first! Nathan leaving GPS at transition point and needing to run back and get it
Today (day4) was tough.. we started out with a 11km through a rain forest and around some cliffs to finish on a beach and then a mountain bike ride (30kms) through the hills to port arthur. here we got off the bikes and trekked around an island and then rode back to the accommodation for a feed and a break. at 430 we then set off on a sea kayak race in the harbour which was approximately 7km with 30 knot wins (HELL)
Day highlight: - not many apart from the scenery
injury report:
apart from the countless bruises and scratches, derek and I both have a really sore knee each. Apparently there is no structural damage so is just trying to put up with it for the last day
all in all we have had a great time.. the experience has been extremely tough but also very rewarding.. the people we have met along the way, the way the event is run and the people competing in it make the experience worthwhile.
Stay tuned for results from the final day.
Cheers
Nathan and Derek
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Day One of the Challenge
Hi all,
Well what a day. Day one of the Challenge presented us a 4km kayak, 12km run up and down cradle mountain, and a 32km bruising and battering mountain bike ride.
We have already suffered the lows and celebrated th highs of this event. We came out of the kayak and run in a great position and all of a sudden we went from just hoping to finish and enjoying the unreal views, to thinking we could actually do OK.
That did not last long after missing a transition point and doing an extra 5kms on the bike and losing 20 minutes.
Anyway, after 7hrs of adventure racing, we made the finsih line. What an achievement.
The evening has been spent in the lake, on the massage table and with medicos to have knees etc attended to. Bring on Day Two.
Cheers,
Derek and Nathan
Well what a day. Day one of the Challenge presented us a 4km kayak, 12km run up and down cradle mountain, and a 32km bruising and battering mountain bike ride.
We have already suffered the lows and celebrated th highs of this event. We came out of the kayak and run in a great position and all of a sudden we went from just hoping to finish and enjoying the unreal views, to thinking we could actually do OK.
That did not last long after missing a transition point and doing an extra 5kms on the bike and losing 20 minutes.
Anyway, after 7hrs of adventure racing, we made the finsih line. What an achievement.
The evening has been spent in the lake, on the massage table and with medicos to have knees etc attended to. Bring on Day Two.
Cheers,
Derek and Nathan
Monday, October 13, 2008
Preparing for the Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge - Nathan’s Training Diary
November 2008
Thursday 13th - 21km Mountain Bike Wollongong Foreshore
Sunday 9th – 6km Wollongong North and South Beaches Run
TAPER PERIOD COMMENCED – heaps of massage and light exercise
Friday 7th – 31km Mountain Bike Port Kembla Steelworks & Wollongong Foreshore
Wednesday 5th – 6km Coffs Harbour Foreshore and River Bridges run
Tuesday 4th – 8km Coffs Harbour Foreshore and Beach run
Sunday 2nd – 1hr Kayak on Lake Mulwala
Saturday 1st – 7km Run & 1.5hr Kayak at Lake Mulwala
October 2008
Tuesday 28th – 41km Mt Keira and Puckey’s Lane Mountain Bike Ride
Saturday 25th – 3hrs of Badminton in Canberra
Friday 24th – 10km Wollongong North and South Beaches Run
Thursday 23rd – Hangdog Indoor Rockclimbing
Tuesday 21st – 37.5km Mt Keira and Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike RideMonday 20th – 10km Bomaderry Creek and Illaroo Rd Run
Saturday 18th – Light gym session
Thursday 16th – 25km Mountain Bike Port Kembla Steelworks & Wollongong Foreshore
Wednesday 15th – 12.5km ride and 7km run up Mt Keira
Tuesday 14th – 32km Mt Keira Mountain Bike Ride
Wednesday 8th – 10.5km Murrumbidgee River and Yanko Agriculture College
Tuesday 7th – 3km Fartlek at Yanko Agriculture College, Narrandera
Sunday 5th – 25km Mountain Bike Port Kembla Steelworks & Wollongong Foreshore
Friday 10km Run on Wollongong Foreshore & Puckey’s Lane
Wednesday 1st – 7km run around AIS and bush
September 2008
REST WEEK
Saturday 20th – Footy Match (Grand Final)
Thursday 18th – GYM
Wednesday 17th – Footy Training
Tuesday 16th – GYM
Sunday 14th – Footy Match (Preliminary Final)
Thursday 11th – GYM & 20km Mountain Bike via Nth Nowra, Cambewarra Village Trail
Tuesday 9th – GYM
Sunday 7th – Footy Match (First Semi Final)
Thursday 4th – GYM
Tuesday 2nd – GYM
Saturday 2nd – Footy Match
August 2008
Sunday 31st – Footy Match (Elimination Final)
Monday 25th – GYM
Saturday 23rd – Footy Match
Thursday 21st – GYM
Wednesday 20th – Footy Training
Monday 18th – GYM
Saturday 16th – Footy Match
Thursday 14th – 20km Mountain Bike via Nth Nowra, Cambewarra Village & Bangalee
Wednesday 11th – GYM
Tuesday 10th – GYM
Monday 9th – Footy Training
Saturday 7th – Footy Match
Saturday 2nd – Footy Match
July 2008
Wednesday 30th – Footy Training
Tuesday 29th – 4 km Run and Sprint Training at Wollongong South Beach
Monday 28th – Footy Training
Thursday 24th – 1 hr of RPM at Richmond Fitness First
Tuesday 22nd – 4 km Run and Sprint Training Gosch's Paddock in Melbourne
Monday 21st – Gym at Richmond Fitness First
Wednesday 16th – Footy Training
Monday 14th – Footy Training
Saturday 12th – Footy Match
Wednesday 9th – Footy training
Sunday 6th – 26 km Mountain Bike Ride Wollongong to Woonona Forshore
Saturday 5th – Footy Match
Wednesday 2nd - Runner for Sydney U15 Vline Cup - Elsternwick Park & 6km Yarra River and the Tan Run
Tuesday 1st – Runner for Sydney U15 Vline Cup - Sandringham Oval
June 2008
Monday 30th – Runner for Sydney U15 Vline Cup - Cassie Fields
Tuesday 24th - 20 km Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike Ride
Monday 23rd – Footy Training
Saturday 20th – Footy Match
Wednesday 18th – Footy Training
Tuesday 17th – 5km Bomaderry Creek Reserve Run
Monday 16th – Footy Training
Sunday 15th – Footy Match
Friday 13th – 10 km Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike Ride
Thursday 12th – 8km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Monday 9th – 5km Lake Mulwala Run
Friday 6th – 6km Yarra River and the Tan
Tuesday 4th – 6km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Monday 3rd – Footy Training (half session)
Sunday 1st – 9km Illawarra Escarpment (hell) Mountain Bike
May 2008
Friday 30th – 7km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Thursday 29th – 10km Wollongong City Mountain Bike
Wednesday 28th – 20 km Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike
Tuesday 27th – 6km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Monday 26th – Footy Training
Friday 23rd – 20km Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike
Wednesday 21st – 5km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Thursday 13th - 21km Mountain Bike Wollongong Foreshore
Sunday 9th – 6km Wollongong North and South Beaches Run
TAPER PERIOD COMMENCED – heaps of massage and light exercise
Friday 7th – 31km Mountain Bike Port Kembla Steelworks & Wollongong Foreshore
Wednesday 5th – 6km Coffs Harbour Foreshore and River Bridges run
Tuesday 4th – 8km Coffs Harbour Foreshore and Beach run
Sunday 2nd – 1hr Kayak on Lake Mulwala
Saturday 1st – 7km Run & 1.5hr Kayak at Lake Mulwala
October 2008
Tuesday 28th – 41km Mt Keira and Puckey’s Lane Mountain Bike Ride
Saturday 25th – 3hrs of Badminton in Canberra
Friday 24th – 10km Wollongong North and South Beaches Run
Thursday 23rd – Hangdog Indoor Rockclimbing
Tuesday 21st – 37.5km Mt Keira and Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike RideMonday 20th – 10km Bomaderry Creek and Illaroo Rd Run
Saturday 18th – Light gym session
Thursday 16th – 25km Mountain Bike Port Kembla Steelworks & Wollongong Foreshore
Wednesday 15th – 12.5km ride and 7km run up Mt Keira
Tuesday 14th – 32km Mt Keira Mountain Bike Ride
Wednesday 8th – 10.5km Murrumbidgee River and Yanko Agriculture College
Tuesday 7th – 3km Fartlek at Yanko Agriculture College, Narrandera
Sunday 5th – 25km Mountain Bike Port Kembla Steelworks & Wollongong Foreshore
Friday 10km Run on Wollongong Foreshore & Puckey’s Lane
Wednesday 1st – 7km run around AIS and bush
September 2008
REST WEEK
Saturday 20th – Footy Match (Grand Final)
Thursday 18th – GYM
Wednesday 17th – Footy Training
Tuesday 16th – GYM
Sunday 14th – Footy Match (Preliminary Final)
Thursday 11th – GYM & 20km Mountain Bike via Nth Nowra, Cambewarra Village Trail
Tuesday 9th – GYM
Sunday 7th – Footy Match (First Semi Final)
Thursday 4th – GYM
Tuesday 2nd – GYM
Saturday 2nd – Footy Match
August 2008
Sunday 31st – Footy Match (Elimination Final)
Monday 25th – GYM
Saturday 23rd – Footy Match
Thursday 21st – GYM
Wednesday 20th – Footy Training
Monday 18th – GYM
Saturday 16th – Footy Match
Thursday 14th – 20km Mountain Bike via Nth Nowra, Cambewarra Village & Bangalee
Wednesday 11th – GYM
Tuesday 10th – GYM
Monday 9th – Footy Training
Saturday 7th – Footy Match
Saturday 2nd – Footy Match
July 2008
Wednesday 30th – Footy Training
Tuesday 29th – 4 km Run and Sprint Training at Wollongong South Beach
Monday 28th – Footy Training
Thursday 24th – 1 hr of RPM at Richmond Fitness First
Tuesday 22nd – 4 km Run and Sprint Training Gosch's Paddock in Melbourne
Monday 21st – Gym at Richmond Fitness First
Wednesday 16th – Footy Training
Monday 14th – Footy Training
Saturday 12th – Footy Match
Wednesday 9th – Footy training
Sunday 6th – 26 km Mountain Bike Ride Wollongong to Woonona Forshore
Saturday 5th – Footy Match
Wednesday 2nd - Runner for Sydney U15 Vline Cup - Elsternwick Park & 6km Yarra River and the Tan Run
Tuesday 1st – Runner for Sydney U15 Vline Cup - Sandringham Oval
June 2008
Monday 30th – Runner for Sydney U15 Vline Cup - Cassie Fields
Tuesday 24th - 20 km Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike Ride
Monday 23rd – Footy Training
Saturday 20th – Footy Match
Wednesday 18th – Footy Training
Tuesday 17th – 5km Bomaderry Creek Reserve Run
Monday 16th – Footy Training
Sunday 15th – Footy Match
Friday 13th – 10 km Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike Ride
Thursday 12th – 8km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Monday 9th – 5km Lake Mulwala Run
Friday 6th – 6km Yarra River and the Tan
Tuesday 4th – 6km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Monday 3rd – Footy Training (half session)
Sunday 1st – 9km Illawarra Escarpment (hell) Mountain Bike
May 2008
Friday 30th – 7km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Thursday 29th – 10km Wollongong City Mountain Bike
Wednesday 28th – 20 km Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike
Tuesday 27th – 6km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Monday 26th – Footy Training
Friday 23rd – 20km Wollongong Foreshore Mountain Bike
Wednesday 21st – 5km Wollongong Foreshore Run
Sunday, July 6, 2008
A big thanks to our Sponsors and Donators
Derek and Nathan would like to thank our sponsors and donators for this great journey and cause.
Sponsorship Honour Board Corporate Sponsors:
We are proud to be called Team Nascent Consulting (www.nascentconsulting.com.au)
Moray Agnew Solicitors(www.moray.com.au)
Personal Pledges: ........ THANK YOU .........- Greg Burgess- Dallas and Janine Bibby- Danny Bodycoat- Patrick Boyd- Laura Buerckner- Jack 'Grandpa' Collins- Simon Chen- Kirby Collins- Gemma Cullinan- Amy Davidson- Claire DeLuca & Family- Danny Diegan- Alan Drinkwater- Meg Irwin- Shaun Malseed & Channel TEN- Jessica May- Hannah Milani- Adele Moreira - Ian Northeast- Mac Northeast- David Owen- Duncan Pringle- Tony Pugliese- Michael Rix- Sebastian Stachowiak- Rowan Werfal- Attendees of the Birthday BBQ.. you know who you are!!- All the chocolate selling friends:Dad (Bryan), mum (Angella), Kellie Silver, shaun malseed, kate mccabe, true alliance (reebok) crew, chau tran, chelsea chapman, adele moreira, missy, kirby, loretta t, sabrina c and Moray Agnew crew, sherri moloney, heidi, serena w, gemma m, gareth watt, claire south, allan barrett, anthea/margie, missy, timm cannon, chris, Rachel Hart, other kel, salon 66, trev & louise burnett, Pete V, Ian Cassidy, Cam Peace, Tony Thompson, Jeremy Ryan, Andrew Douglas, MJ Bibby, Kat Weihan!!
Sponsorship Honour Board Corporate Sponsors:
We are proud to be called Team Nascent Consulting (www.nascentconsulting.com.au)
Moray Agnew Solicitors(www.moray.com.au)
Personal Pledges: ........ THANK YOU .........- Greg Burgess- Dallas and Janine Bibby- Danny Bodycoat- Patrick Boyd- Laura Buerckner- Jack 'Grandpa' Collins- Simon Chen- Kirby Collins- Gemma Cullinan- Amy Davidson- Claire DeLuca & Family- Danny Diegan- Alan Drinkwater- Meg Irwin- Shaun Malseed & Channel TEN- Jessica May- Hannah Milani- Adele Moreira - Ian Northeast- Mac Northeast- David Owen- Duncan Pringle- Tony Pugliese- Michael Rix- Sebastian Stachowiak- Rowan Werfal- Attendees of the Birthday BBQ.. you know who you are!!- All the chocolate selling friends:Dad (Bryan), mum (Angella), Kellie Silver, shaun malseed, kate mccabe, true alliance (reebok) crew, chau tran, chelsea chapman, adele moreira, missy, kirby, loretta t, sabrina c and Moray Agnew crew, sherri moloney, heidi, serena w, gemma m, gareth watt, claire south, allan barrett, anthea/margie, missy, timm cannon, chris, Rachel Hart, other kel, salon 66, trev & louise burnett, Pete V, Ian Cassidy, Cam Peace, Tony Thompson, Jeremy Ryan, Andrew Douglas, MJ Bibby, Kat Weihan!!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
How you can get on board this great journey
Hey there,
We hope you are going well.
Our success in the 2008 Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge to help raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation and the Save the Tassie Devil Appeal, depends on your support!
The Team and the Event:
The event will be held in Tasmania from the 19th to the 23rd of November 2008. We will be competing in the ‘2theXtreme Cup’. This requires us to mountain bike, trek, kayak and white water raft through 250kms of the Tasmanian wilderness; over five days.
Why we are doing this:
Our team has a strong desire to promote the importance of leadership within a team environment. In particular we aim to explore the value of personal leadership (by exploring optimism and goal setting) and raising awareness to the importance of leadership among our peers (young males in particular).
Why we need your support:
The entry fee is $12,500 which is distributed in whole to the nominated charitable partners. The entry fee has kept us busy raising funds and we are proud to say that we have $4,000 to date. However, this positions us only one third of the way there, and so, we require your assistance to get us to the start line.
How you can assist:
1. Make a personal pledge:
Pay Pal:
Simply click the button below to donate. Please remember, every bit helps.
You can then make a payment via your personal Pay Pal account or credit card. We will then contact you to determine if you wish to remain anonymous or not.
Direct Deposit:
Simply make an electronic transfer to the following details:
Bank: Bendigo Bank
Account Name: N J Bibby & D R Collins
BSB: 633-000
Account : 133956102
(Please provide your full name when making the transaction so we can verify your donation).
Cheque or Money Order:
Simply send a Cheque or Money Order to:
N J Bibby & D R Collins
PO Box 927
Wollongong, NSW, 2520
Please provide your return address so we can send a receipt.
2. Get your employer or business to provide corporate sponsorship. Please respond to this email and we can supply sponsorship packages highlighting the event and sponsorship benefits;
3. Get your social or community club to raise funds in some way;
4. Donate a gift towards our fundraising raffle. For example: a gift voucher, holiday, shopping spree, memorabilia, etc;
5. Sell a book of raffle tickets for our fundraising raffle; and
6. Let us know of other ways in which you can assist.
Please reply to this post or email mwchallenge@y7mail.com to tell us which of the above options you can assist with.
Providing support will automatically register you to receive updates on our journey.
To remain informed of our journey, you can join our Facebook group or register with our blog for blog updates.
We thank you for your time and hope you get on board.
Kind regards,
Derek & Nathan
We hope you are going well.
Our success in the 2008 Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge to help raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation and the Save the Tassie Devil Appeal, depends on your support!
The Team and the Event:
The event will be held in Tasmania from the 19th to the 23rd of November 2008. We will be competing in the ‘2theXtreme Cup’. This requires us to mountain bike, trek, kayak and white water raft through 250kms of the Tasmanian wilderness; over five days.
Why we are doing this:
Our team has a strong desire to promote the importance of leadership within a team environment. In particular we aim to explore the value of personal leadership (by exploring optimism and goal setting) and raising awareness to the importance of leadership among our peers (young males in particular).
Why we need your support:
The entry fee is $12,500 which is distributed in whole to the nominated charitable partners. The entry fee has kept us busy raising funds and we are proud to say that we have $4,000 to date. However, this positions us only one third of the way there, and so, we require your assistance to get us to the start line.
How you can assist:
1. Make a personal pledge:
Pay Pal:
Simply click the button below to donate. Please remember, every bit helps.
You can then make a payment via your personal Pay Pal account or credit card. We will then contact you to determine if you wish to remain anonymous or not.
Direct Deposit:
Simply make an electronic transfer to the following details:
Bank: Bendigo Bank
Account Name: N J Bibby & D R Collins
BSB: 633-000
Account : 133956102
(Please provide your full name when making the transaction so we can verify your donation).
Cheque or Money Order:
Simply send a Cheque or Money Order to:
N J Bibby & D R Collins
PO Box 927
Wollongong, NSW, 2520
Please provide your return address so we can send a receipt.
2. Get your employer or business to provide corporate sponsorship. Please respond to this email and we can supply sponsorship packages highlighting the event and sponsorship benefits;
3. Get your social or community club to raise funds in some way;
4. Donate a gift towards our fundraising raffle. For example: a gift voucher, holiday, shopping spree, memorabilia, etc;
5. Sell a book of raffle tickets for our fundraising raffle; and
6. Let us know of other ways in which you can assist.
Please reply to this post or email mwchallenge@y7mail.com to tell us which of the above options you can assist with.
Providing support will automatically register you to receive updates on our journey.
To remain informed of our journey, you can join our Facebook group or register with our blog for blog updates.
We thank you for your time and hope you get on board.
Kind regards,
Derek & Nathan
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Mark Webber Foundation Charity Partners - The Tasmanian Devil Appeal
The Tasmanian Devil Appeal
Raises much needed funds to support the Save the Tasmanian Devil program. It funds high-priority research and management actions. A new and deadly disease unlike any previous wildlife disease is threatening the Tasmanian devil. Within a few years the devil's numbers in the wild have declined so rapidly that it has been listed as vulnerable to extinction, under State and National legislation, and if trends continue it will become endangered. People the world over love the Tasmanian devil. It is an icon and a symbol of Tasmania. With the extinction of the Tasmanian tiger in 1936, the Tasmanian devil is now the world’s largest meat-eating marsupial. The appeal monies will establish an insurance population safe from the disease, where healthy devils produce healthy pouch young capable of being released to the wild in the future; develop ways of protecting healthy devils from becoming infected, and investigate different anti-cancer drugs. All of these strategies depend on having sufficient funds.
Raises much needed funds to support the Save the Tasmanian Devil program. It funds high-priority research and management actions. A new and deadly disease unlike any previous wildlife disease is threatening the Tasmanian devil. Within a few years the devil's numbers in the wild have declined so rapidly that it has been listed as vulnerable to extinction, under State and National legislation, and if trends continue it will become endangered. People the world over love the Tasmanian devil. It is an icon and a symbol of Tasmania. With the extinction of the Tasmanian tiger in 1936, the Tasmanian devil is now the world’s largest meat-eating marsupial. The appeal monies will establish an insurance population safe from the disease, where healthy devils produce healthy pouch young capable of being released to the wild in the future; develop ways of protecting healthy devils from becoming infected, and investigate different anti-cancer drugs. All of these strategies depend on having sufficient funds.
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