Most of it anyway… It wasn’t my most successful year. I’d done about the same amount of preparation as for the last couple of years but had to pull out after almost 60km due to severe muscle cramps. in general I haven’t exercised as much as I have in previous years, and working from home means I don’t have the… Read more →
I have entered the 2017 MS Sydney to the Gong bike ride to support people living with multiple sclerosis. Once again, my brother and I are riding the 90km from Sydney Park to Wollongong and there’s 10 weeks of training before the event, which is on November 5. We’ve been lazy over the Australian winter, but are ramping up our… Read more →
So Danya and I rode from Sydney to Wollongong today. It was expected to be a hot one, but luckily for us the fairly constant headwinds kept the temperature down. It didn’t get above 23c from what I saw, although the temperature graph on the bike computer shows a spike as we left the sea bridge and climbed up to… Read more →
The 2016 Sydney to Wollongong MS Ride is coming up – this year the ride is on Sunday the 6th of November. As has been the case for the last few years, my brother Danya and I are riding the full 90km and raising money for the MS Society. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system that… Read more →
This year I ended up riding alone. Danya had been sick for most of the previous week and also ended up with a scheduling conflict – a good friend’s wedding on the Saturday that was on the mid-north coast. He donated extra money to my fund-raising campaign instead of riding. Since Danya wasn’t coming along I though I’d try and… Read more →
Once again, my brother and I are riding the 90km from Sydney to Wollongong for charity. As always, this event is to raise money for the MS Society, helping fund research and to provide care for people suffering multiple sclerosis. I would very much appreciate any donations (everything over $2 is tax deductible) and you can do that here. If… Read more →
The 2015 Gong Ride is on Sunday November 1, and Danya and I are once again registered as Team Rose. As always, we’re raising money for the MS Society to support research into Multiple Sclerosis and to provide care for those with the disease. Given that I’ve had a slow winter after my adventure earlier in the year I’m not… Read more →
Danya and I rode the 2014 Gong yesterday. It was a good day out on the bike and we were met at the end by his girlfriend – it’s nice to have a welcoming committee It was a chilly start, at around 15 degrees, with strong headwinds for the first part of the ride. As we entered the Royal National… Read more →
On the 2nd of November, my brother and I will be participating in the Gong Ride, raising money for the MS Society. This video explains some of the symptoms and illustrates why we’re riding. We’re riding the full 90km from Sydney to Wollongong; I have a personal fund-raising page here, and the team page is here. Please give generously. If… Read more →
Danya and I rode the ‘Gong yesterday. We got off to a shaky start, as I got a call first thing to say that he had a flat tire (a patch failed overnight) so we actually left Sydney Park not long before 8am. The good thing about leaving slightly later was that we missed the crowds so that we didn’t… Read more →
…well, nearly – the event is scheduled for November 4, but registrations opened a week or so, and I just received the sponsorship paperwork. The 2012 Sydney to the ‘Gong is up and going. My brother and I have registered and are riding as Team Rose again and, as usual, attempting to raise money for research for Multiple Sclerosis research… Read more →
I’ve decided there’s three classes of riders, from slow to fast: people who walk up hills, me and everyone else. Danya came over to my place just before 7am – Duncan had left just before him and went straight to the start. At morning tea (Loftus) Danya got a text from him to say he’d got to the end and… Read more →
The Up And Coming Events section at the Integeo website has an item about me riding the ‘Gong. Of course, I was asked if I would like a mention, and of course, I said yes. Here’s the text Integeo’s Systems Administrator Eric Rose has been a fundraiser for the MS Society for almost 10 years. Once again, he’s taking part… Read more →
Late last week, I received the ride pack for the 2011 ‘Gong – my jersey (like I really need another one 🙂 ). Unfortunately, they forgot to include my lunch voucher, so I’ll have to contact the MS Society about that. The donation bar to the left doesn’t show much activity. Finding a cure for MS is a worthy cause,… Read more →
and you can all rush to sponsor me now 😉 I received an email early in the week stating that priority entries are now available, targeted at last years entrants. Once again, they’re capped at 10,000 riders, and the online entry states that a condition of entry is that you commit to fundraising $250, which is bound to spark a… Read more →
so that officially ends this years MS Ride To The Gong for me. We raised $782 as a team, and I raised $502 – $177.25 of that was in cash (which went into the bank today). Danya made his $250, and there was also a team sponsor of $30 (thanks Des and Deb). I’m removing the link to the fundraising… Read more →
I rode the ‘Gong yesterday. It was clear when I got up at 5:30, with a hint of clouds to the east, and they rolled in a bit by 7:00 when Danya, Duncan and I got to the start. I don’t know if it rained at all in Sydney but all we got was cool and generally overcast skies until… Read more →
He’s reached his MS Gong Ride fund-raising target. I’m still lagging, but I set myself a higher target. If fund-raising were a competition, I guess I just lost 🙂 I better pull my finger out and bug people about sponsorship if I want to match his achievement – if there’s anyone out there reading this who hasn’t donated, please send… Read more →
That might seem obvious to most Sydney-siders. After all, it’s officially the Sydney to the Gong MS Bike Ride, and the MS Society has always been the main name attached to the ride. Some people forget or don’t appear to notice, however. There was a letter to the SMH, this morning, that pissed me off a bit. Some guy from… Read more →
Danya and I rode out to Parramatta today, getting somewhat lost. It was a slightly longer ride than I planned, but we found that there’s a fair number of bike routes around the place, although you might not know it. I had the Edge switched to Map mode all the way from Homebush Bay, although it was a decent demonstration… Read more →
