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much, but when it is
Riding with Lampre-Merida
700m of cobbles and is
Omnilab Media
located on the Tour of
If you are not a good
Investments chairman
Flanders course it gets
passenger, never accept
Christopher Mapp took
a certain fame.
the offer to ride a stage
up cycling, continued
in a team car. Link to a
a family legacy by
gallery from Stage 4 of
creating a charity and
the Tour Down Under.
rode 4,000km from
photographed in light
Sydney to Uluru.
Eildon, Victoria.
A 63m elevation isn’t
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In two short years
Cover: Phillip Lynch rain, descending to Lake
The Koppenburg
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Ride New York It’s not Sydney or Melbourne, but if you
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are travelling there this
Phillip Lynch,
- life integration and
Some imagery from
might be a start point
Johnson & Johnson
riding with JDRF.
around Adelaide and
to look where to ride.
Managing Director on
surrounds in the week
riding from Sydney to
before and during the
Hobart and other long
Tour Down Under.
distance events.
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A Big Ride For a senior executive, life is a balance. A large amount of time is taken up by your professional life and you may have a family that deserves equal attention Then you need some of your own time which makes training for an event
Both amazing undertakings for amateur cyclists and businessmen with young families. A big ride is outside your comfort zone. It is a ride you would not normally do and it is a challenge. It might be for a charity or it could be a ride because it is what you do. Don’t be afraid to take up a challenge - it will reward you. Simon
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Phillip Lynch recently rode 1500km from Sydney to Hobart
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INTRODUCTION Perhaps it’s not ‘What you know’ or ‘Who you know’ but ‘How you know them’! E X E C U T I V E C Y C L I S T M AG A Z I N E
We’ve all heard it; when a
I now firmly believe that
colleague gets an approval for
relationships founded on
an initiative, sale or promotion,
interests that resonate
“It’s not what you know, it’s
with all involved, are our
who you know”! I’m certainly
strongest pillars to personal
honest enough to admit that
and professional success. In our
I’ve lived much of my life by
increasingly busy lives, we get
this principle, and have created
to know relevant information
a great network of friends and
(What) and influential people
contacts as a result.
(Who), but when the time
However, on a recent flight back
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our ICE community, I started to think a little more about that saying. Being fortunate enough to count many of you reading
comes to make your thoughts and position heard, I’d like to suggest that it will be people you’ve authentically connected with (How), that provide the platform for your success.
this as close contacts, who have
A shared importance and
supported both my own and
commitment on leading healthy
ACE’s journey, I began to realise
lives, delivered through riding
that ‘how’ you know someone
a push bike together, is ACE’s
is far more important than you
simple foundation to assist with
might think.
the ‘Who and ‘How’, the ‘What’? Well, that’s down to you…..
- Ryan O’Neill, CEO and Founder, ACE.
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In two very short years Christopher Mapp sold some of his businesses - freeing up time to spend with his young family, he took up cycling, A Big Ride
started a charity and road 4000km
The Variety Cycle
in its first event. He explains part of
Day 1 - 135km Day 2 - 185km Day 3 - 116km
Day 5 - 182km
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Day 7 - 125km Day 8 - 67km Day 9 - 100km Day 10 - 205km Day 11 - Rest Day Day 12 - 135km Day 13 - 195km Day 14 - 176km Day 15 - 128km Day 16 - 170km Day 17 - Rest Day Day 18 - 190km Day 19 - 179km Day 20 - 120km Day 21 - 253km Day 22 - 153km Day 23 - 81km Day 24 - 253km Day 25 - 161km Day 26 - 98km
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My nickname by many of my friends is Mr Activities. Whether it’s a sport or not, I love being active. A great weekend day for me would include cycling, kayaking, ping pong, swimming, kids playground with my two wonderful children, lunch with friends, my wife and E X E C U T I V E C Y C L I S T M AG A Z I N E
wine. Repeat in afternoon.......but would love to throw in a go kart race. I played rugby for South of England school boys. Love all ball sports, snow sports, cycling, tennis, kayaking, swimming, surfing, ping pong, water skiing, sailing, go karting and skiing. (I ran the Sydney University race team for 3 years and was the worst skier in team). My favourite rides? I love the Great Ocean Road. What ‘s not to love when its fully escorted and safe, AMAZING roads? Love the Adelaide Hills, just magic.
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In Sydney I love the National Parks but could do without the ride getting to them. The circuit from the Eastern Suburbs to West Head including Palm Beach, Church Point, Akuna Bay, West Head etc is a favourite 120km plus ride. I seem to be enjoying challenges more and more, so taking on more cycling is on the cards. I am not about breaking oneself but more about testing the boundaries and extending them. So I have my sights on a half Ironman simply because I have zero confidence swimming and I want to create a circuit breaker that changes this permanently.
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Career I have worked in the Film, Television and Advertising industries for 23 years. Entrepreneurial in nature I have enjoyed creating several start-ups and mixing that with acquisitions including purchasing Optus Vision’s VOC PayTV centre. Selling our service companies reduced our staff numbers from
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delisting the digital media divisions of AAV Limited and
continues to develop content and software with a passion.
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2000 at its peak in 2011 to around 200 today. The company
on managing our investments in content for a broad global audience, software as a service around the world for content managers and with a different hat, our investments in a growing property portfolio.
And the work / life balance Anyone that does this (balance) perfectly is likely living a lie, someone, either themselves, the office, or their family are putting up with crap as cycling simply gets in the way of something. It’s important to check in regularly so as to not make permanent shifts in the relationship at home and to not lose control at the office. So I was lucky that I sold most of my companies when I committed to creating The Variety Cycle so was able to have shorter days in the office and still maintain 300km plus weeks and spend time with the family. When this kicked into 500km plus and certainly at the peak of 700km plus (happened only twice) I not only did shorter hours at the office but also wasn’t as capable to attend social functions with my friends and family.
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Variety and Variety Cycle
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In 1975 my father was one of the
the full value yet”. Post sale
founders of Variety in Australia.
with time to reflect and to
The Entertainment charity was
spend with my family, I feel
originally founded in Pittsburg
incredibly lucky and happy. New
in 1926. My late mother founded
opportunities have already got
“Ladies” of Variety a few years
me excited however it will be
later as women were often left
with time for my family in mind.
out in the 70’s. Then in 1995 as my mother passed away from cancer, one of many promises I made was to carry on her legacy with charity.
companies I had a few moments to reflect on what would be next. I was never good with spare time and didn’t sit still
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I formed Young Variety in 1996.
well. Apart from new business
Proudly both women and the
ventures and excitement of
young are very active with
spending time with my family,
Variety to this day. While I am
I was also excited about putting
on other very worthwhile charity
energy into charity work again
boards like Life Education,
after a few years of being a
I have always had a leaning
removed.
towards helping children. This has been only intensified by having my own two little cherubs India-Rose 3 years and Charles 1 year.
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During the sale of several of my
I had been cycling with friends for total of six weeks and wanted to physically challenge myself like I hadn’t done since school. I threw a few concepts
While I was loving business
to friends like swimming across
challenges and probably failing
Sydney Harbour and cycling
dismally with the work life
to the Gold Coast. Being that
balance like so many, lucky for
I was talking to cyclists the
me nothing was missing from
latter was in their sights, but
my house when I returned from
sounded boring. I came back
extensive travel - my family.
with Uluru and the five guys
When a US firm wanted to buy
with me all said “we are in”.
my businesses my first reaction
The Epic nature of the event
was “I haven’t finished building
lit up people’s eyes as they
thought about the journey. Three months later I had my staff working on the event and there was no turning back. “I had committed to friends and people I didn’t even know, which sure is a way to put a back stop to your own resolve. Unfortunately for me, the five guys who all said they were in, one by one dropped off! But their inability to commit was replaced by enthusiasm from all corners from around Australia. We only had myself from Sydney in the original 26 days sign ups. All others were from around Australia. Organising the charity ride was 10 times more than I had imagined. Seriously I had certainly hoped for sponsors’ cyclists to sign up earlier to help drive the event. Like a business start up, without any proof of concept it made it VERY hard for both cyclists and sponsors to see the vision. We had visionary companies join early like Wilson Asset Management and Subaru but with baby steps. All the I’s and T’s were double and triple dotted and crossed.
The Big Ride
When you were younger
Feb. and felt the same, so was
What is the impact on your
did you have aspirations for
disappointed that I didn’t feel a
long term health?
endurance sports?
lot stronger, but that may have
I believe I will now remain
While I played rugby to a top
had something to do with the
and girls. What a distraction
What impact has your
fact and love the side effects it brings!
training had on:
What injuries have you had
age! I have always burned the
Family. Let’s just say next
since you started cycling?
candle at both ends packing as
year’s Variety Cycle is going to
I started cycling due to an
much into the day and night as
be two weeks! It’s not just the
possible, so endurance without
26 days away that was a strain
sport you could say.
on my wife, but the mornings
they both can be at a young
away on the training! The size Preparation - describe how
of the IOU in her pocket isn’t
you prepared for the event
easily or quickly repayable.
and over what time frame
Business. I certainly wasn’t
injury that took me off the tennis court. Amazingly I seem to only have irritated old injuries from my rugby days when I was young. Apart from a little over use strains. But hey, what do you expect!
By the time we departed on
in the office at 9am every
the 22nd of March I had been
morning, however I can also
cycling for 20 months and
say the energy created from
perhaps over trained due to my
the training enthused me and
All day. I now love riding long
ignorance.
gave me so much bounce I felt
days, I am someone that takes
I ended up testing myself in
invigorated. I did struggle at
a good hour plus to warm up.
social functions and especially
I am however also aware that
business functions at night,
all day is hard to come by for
particularly the ones that
most people and while I would
included a glass of wine and a
love to do it often......my Uluru
long powerpoint presentation.
trip still has (as mentioned)
October six months before the event by cycling 2,000km in the month. I lost 3kg and felt I couldn’t have cycled much more. However still going to the office and being up late with a new baby were not ideal
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few weeks off during Christmas
to riding:
a MAJOR IOU in my wife’s pocket.
additions if you were thinking you were training for a serious event…….I did the same again in
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for me I need lots of it. I also eat very well. While in Melbourne, we cycled out with a few of the Drapac team and they told me, quote “when doing as many kms as we are, you should carb load so much that even if you’re sick, you could eat that and then still not have overloaded”. Not my quote, and I didn’t do it, however ate like no tomorrow and after losing 3.5kg in the first nine days, managed to put 2kg back on in the next 17 days.
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The BMC Team Machine SLR01 Cadel Evans Limited Edition story....
bike, however I for some reason just knew I was going to love this road cycling gig. So it was day 7 heading off from Bairnsdale, north east of Melbourne and 8km into the day while riding at around 42km per hour, one of the riders in front suddenly blew up. I found out later bugs hit his face so he sat up, peeled off awkwardly and took me with him to the back of the 24 person pack. Then one....two.....peddle resolutions and bang my left foot goes straight to the ground with the crank arm. It then bounces up and takes my foot with it into the back wheel at 42km
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The bike everyone knows I love, my bright
per hour, a huge crack bang bang and I am locked up on this sharp road surface standing on one leg trying to keep upright. The surface rips through the tire, the tube and then its carbon on road creating sparks as it was at sunrise. Destroying the Envy wheel, forks, frame, running gear.,.....the bike has gone to heaven. Somehow I kept the bike upright riding on carbon and luckily had only one person behind me who was very alert due to just moments before getting a face full of bugs. Now I ride the regular SLR01 Team Machine. 29
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How did it feel to complete
Was there a point where
The largest challenge for me as
and finish a 26 day / 4000km
the ride became easier or
founder of the event was when
ride?
harder?
there were issues early on, they
Completely mixed emotions.
I was lucky and only felt sick for
all led to people waning to
Complete exhilaration at
two days when I battled a slight
seeing my family there at the
cold. These days I just snuck
finish. My father, wife and two
in 2 hours extra sleep and cut
little ones. There is something
back to a couple of glasses of
about seeing family at the
red only. I also had a niggle
end of something EPIC that
in my knee for the last week
you began with doubt and
which was a quad over use
ended in complete confidence
issue that I knew wasn’t going
in yourself, seeing them was
to get any better on the trip
wonderful and wish I had been
so could only keep an eye on
each other stay sane.
able to linger on that moment
it not to get too carried away
I enjoy challenges and to that
longer. However I have had time
with pushing hard on the front.
measure I saw keeping me
to consider this and some of
So physically I surprised myself
mentally strong as one of
these moments can’t be bottled
completely. I started with no
those. Certainly there were
or exactly felt again….that’s
expectation to complete the
moments that I had voices
why people go out and do EPIC
whole event and as we got
in my head talking to me to
things again! That’s why a non
closer to the end I built up a
do different things to what
endurance person like myself
new expectation that I would
I did and what was right for
wants to do a half Ironman and
in fact that complete the extra
the situation at the time. At
another EPIC Variety Cycle…..
300km to do over 4,000km.
other times the voice is wise
Mentally, as I had resolved in
to follow, on endurance events
my mind it was OK to not ride every km, I kept pressure off myself till towards the end.
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involve me, whether there were staff or not to deal with it. After around 12 days that bedded down and I became more of a rider than a rider and event manager. We had amazing volunteers and staff and I feel privileged to have worked with them. Collectively we helped
I tended to ignore the voice in my head……
weeks. I have only ridden an
After three weeks I am up to
both your training and the
average of around 150km per
150m without stopping off a
event?
week in the last two months as
start of 25m and working to get
Doubts were often in my mind
I have been swimming around
this to 2km without stopping.
lack of experience. However my work ethic in training had people around me trying to tell me I would be OK. The challenge was that no one I knew had done 4,000km before in 26 days. I was as they call it ignorant. Certainly a lot of basic learnings have occurred and some fundamental ones about myself as well. It is very true that people are individuals, and our core riders that went the whole distance
8km per week also........my body needs cycling though.........I was at dinner last week and had a crook neck and made a few you mind if I lean on the table
Do you find this easy?
like it was my handlebars as it’s in this position my neck doesn’t hurt”.......true and yes I need to get that fixed........ What is the next big challenge? Is there something you’ve always wanted to do?
which made the 26 days more
days 4,000km’s I have the
interesting actually.
confidence that I didn’t have before doing this event. I feel
How long does it take to
with effort I could resolve a fear
recover and when did you
of mine…..swimming! I have let
start riding again?
my asthma and poor swimming
I was handed two beautiful
ability (senior school in the
wouldn’t ride for a couple of
announce its Epic destination. Personal Fundraising -
Now that I have done the 26
Uluru and promised my wife I
2015 which is getting ready to
people laugh when I said, “Do
were very different individuals,
children at the 4,016km mark in
Plus we have The Variety Cycle
UK) keep me from beating this challenge. So I would like to do a half ironman.
Fundraising is never easy, however a very important part of society. It’s this importance that helps me feel good and comfortable speaking to people about how they could help charities. I am always trying
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A passion I am lucky in life with work and family but a special moment I truly love and keeps me passionate about helping children, especially disadvantaged
amazing. As a parent of two babies, to see this brings me to tears every single time.
A feel good moment There was one guy, “Mothy� as everyone called him, including himself. Self confessed that his balls looked like moth balls when at school........ he turned up day one saying he was going to do two days......packed a backpack that he could have worn and weighed around 5kg. Two days passes and Mothy extends for a week. Then he extended an extra two days to get the amazing escorted ride along the Great Ocean Road. I could see on these two days how much he was loving the challenge and the camaraderie that was occurring between the riders, I
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gave him a prod as we rode and said come on buddy, come to Adelaide or even the whole way, only 17 days to go! We arrived in Warnambool after a 224km day and he got straight on the phone re a property sale......after 5 minutes on the phone while I am almost passed out in the corner, he walked towards me with a HUGE grin on his face and says, looks like I am coming the whole way! I had a sudden rush of warm emotion come over my body, was this the gel hit coming on that I had taken with 5 km to go as I had a bit of the wobbles? No it was my warm feeling of satisfaction, that I had helped make someone love doing what they were doing so much they extended a two day trip, to 26 days. Mothy became the legend of what is, The Variety Cycle. He had previously completed 26 Sydney to Hobart yacht races and won something like 14 and he said to everyone that this was his greatest challenge and adventure.
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Turia Pitt
What an amazing woman, and
The soul of this woman grew
her partner Michael is a true
when she had her horrific
gentleman and great guy.
accident and she is still on
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she only expected to do 40km a day approximately. She has no fingers on her right hand and three on her left hand that have limited use, so holding
this planet to do plenty more amazing things. What’s incredible is that she is doing these amazing things like The Variety Cycle for others. For someone that looks like she needs help, she sure is helping hundreds of others first. She is a major inspiration to the world.
on wasn’t an option, she had
Turia rode every day and rode
to use tri bars as her only way
some really long days well
to steer with her forearms. I
over the 100km which was
wouldn’t be game to try it, let
significantly longer than she
alone ride in pouring rain, up
expected. She played a major
and down major climbs and
role in helping the cycle have
reaching an amazing distance
emotion, passion and at the
of 174km on one day. What the
same time fun. She has a VERY
heck!
naughty sense of humour and everyone loves both her and Michael. Go Girl.
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A family perspective “Christopher needs a challenge. Life
he returns from a ride. I am proud
has never been boring with him and
of his commitment to charity and
I suspect it never will be. Whatever
also to staying healthy and fit in
he is into at the time, whether it be
whatever exercise he chooses to do.
tennis, golf, kayaking, snow skiing,
Better him than me!
swimming and now cycling, he always gets enthusiastically involved and puts his body and technique to the test. He excels in whatever he takes on and it becomes a large part of our lives. Personally I find having him away on the weekends difficult, whether it be just for the morning or the
The Variety Cycle was a lot of training, weekends away and every weekday that Christopher could get out there to clock up the miles. He punished himself and for some reason, seemed to be happy about it. Joining him in Uluru with the kids was eventful and fun.
entire weekend and as a mother of
Seeing him ride in on the last day
very young children, I would prefer
was very emotional for me and I
weekends to be for family and
was happy to have him back in one
friends. Weekdays don’t bother
piece, only to be told he wants to
me as much. I am also extremely
do it all over again next year! Go
worried about the dangers of
figure.”
cycling and am always relieved at hearing the click of our door when
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With quite a diverse career I began as an accountant by trade, with a degree in Economics at Macquarie
I moved into IT consulting in the early days of IT, and I have been there ever since. Before joining SAS I spent time in senior professional services and sales leadership roles at IBM and Dimension Data. I’ve been at SAS twelve years now in roles ranging from professional services, marketing and strategy, and since 2012 I’ve been the Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand.
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Sport and cycling and work/life integration Sport plays a big role in my
on the cycling side of things.
into the world of cycling more
life and is a passion we share
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where I started to learn what
as a family. I am a keen rugby
cycling was initially through
it was all about. Suffice to say,
fanatic and still coach and
triathlons, until my eldest
now my son’s cycling has gone
referee rugby regularly.
son started to really take it
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I like to get in one ride on the
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bliss to be able to ride north
weekend and spend some
amount of kilometres I’m
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time on the bike with my other
getting in, but more about the
the beaches and meet the
sons as well. If I’m training for
social side and sharing that
family on a Sunday morning in
a particular event I’ll spend
time with family and friends.
summer for a coffee and swim.
more time riding, however I
I do love it when I get to ride
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What works best for me is work/life integration rather than work/life balance. My family all enjoy cycling so I get to spend time with them whilst enjoying a ride. And then ACE gives me a chance to also mix business and building relationships with riding a bike. I also do an annual charity ride in the Barossa Valley for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – a ride I have done with Phil Chronican (ANZ Australia CEO and ACE member) and the ANZ team for the last several years. But this year, all the family headed down for the ride, and all 6 of us did various distances to do our bit for this fantastic cause. It was worth the effort to load the car with 6 bikes to do the ride, as we also stayed down and followed the Tour Down Under for the week.
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big data?” For us, big data is not so much about how you store and manage diverse data sources, but how you use and embrace that information to differentiate your business, to be more efficient, and to make better decisions that are backed by evidence. SAS’ mandate is based on moving customers from analysis, to insight,
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Partnering with ACE Partnering with ACE to me was about building trusted networks in the circles in which we mix and
time on a bike, but also use that time to build connections of trust. Very quickly ACE has established itself as a trusted brand in the Australian business landscape who are a group of people who stand by and always deliver on their commitments. And I’m proud to put my name to that. It was an obvious place for us to spend time and money to be part of that network. Not only is it an outlet for cultivating
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it’s also been a valuable way to build relationships with people who’ve now become close friends.
My eldest son has joined me for the past seven years, and last year for the first time my whole family - including my wife and my four sons - all did the ride and all partook in the fundraising. It also happens to be a wonderful region of Australia, and I’ve always managed to fit in some great wine tasting experiences in and around the event, which is all good fun from that perspective. Whilst down there I was also fortunate enough to be invited to the UniSA team event at the start of the Tour. The University of South Australia, in conjunction with SAS, recently launched a Master of Data Science program – the first of its kind in Australia, and one of the first in the world. The UniSA team were kind enough to invite the whole family to the team event, which was an outstanding behind the scenes insight to the Tour, and the young up and coming riders of the UniSA team.
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RIDE NEW YORK Many people travel for business and often they can take a bike on the journey. But when you make the time to ride, where do you start? Over the coming issues we’ll look at some of the cities important to ACE - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Singapore, Tokyo, Dubai, London, San Francisco, New York..... This is not a complete guide, but it aims to give you a start point and save you some time.
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Rapha
Takeuchi who rides with the
64 Gansevoort Street,
Rapha Cycle Club in New York.
New York
Shuntaro took the large photos
Email: ccnyc@rapha.cc
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Phone: 212 804 5050
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WEDNESDAY CLUB RIDE The best time to cross the
THURSDAY MORNING CLUB RIDE
SATURDAY CLUB RIDE We ride up the Hudson River,
Hudson river is a weekday.
Join the NYC Rapha Racing
over the George Washington
Every Wednesday, we head
team for a few hot laps around
Bridge, and through New
over the George Washington
Central Park. Meet at NE corner
Jersey and New York state
Bridge for a quick 2.5 hours
5:40am at Columbus Circle for
on our way to Nyack, NY. The
up River Road and back down
a spirited training ride of 4-6
route will vary, but will typically
Route 9W. Meet at the Club
laps (finishing before the road
be 50-60 miles. The pace is
at 10am for coffee, wheels at
is open to automobiles). Riders
recreational, and it is a no-
10:30am.
should feel comfortable riding
drop ride. The occasional dirt
in a fast paceline.
roads are a fun challenge to be expected.! Saturdays: Meet at the Club at 8:30am for coffee, pedals turning by 9am.
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Phillip Lynch Managing Director Pacific & VP Customer Development Asia Pacific, Johnson & Johnson.
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The Big Ride Tour de Cure Signature Tour 2014 Sydney to Hobart Day 1 - 145km Day 2 - 186km Day 3 - 169km Day 4 - 142km Day 5 - 181km Day 6 - 204km Day 7 - 155km Day 8 - 122km Day 9 - 135km
There’s always a few hours that hurt, a few sections when you wonder “Why am I doing this?” and times when you wonder “Am I the only one hurting?”
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TRAINING What drives you to participate in long distance charity ride events There’s a number of drivers that go beyond fundraising for E X E C U T I V E C Y C L I S T M AG A Z I N E
Cancer though that’s personally important, perhaps the biggest being the challenge of training up to and completing a fairly arduous distance. But equally it’s also about doing this as part of a team, a great group and keeping up is a powerful driver – guess that’s called being competitive.
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And the impact it has on.... Your family. They can live with the routine as its largely over before they wake. The Ironman was a difficult three months, not just in hours but also on being toasted most every night – that’s a once off, at least for now. TDC is an ongoing annual challenge for the 8 week lead up, as the long and necessary Sunday rides takeover but the family appreciate the cause, the fundraising that goes with it and remain enormously supportive.
A Big Ride
Briefly describe your endurance sport history: I was a 1980’s triathlete in my 20’s but living in Asia (Korea, UAE, Thailand, Singapore) took me away from these
principles include a focus on the customer, employee, community and shareholder. So doing TdC is very much what we are all about as regards employees making a difference in the community. The Ironman was done largely without their knowledge as I wanted to ensure that training had no impact on my job performance, difficult but I think necessary given it was
sprint to Olympic and my 10k runs to 21’s, doing reasonably well and getting more experienced each time – even managed an age group 3rd place in a SG Olympic thanks to some rough water that favoured those with an Australian background When you were younger did you have aspirations for endurance sports? Not at all - I was a competitive Windsurfer, racing one design triangles and freestyle and spending lots of time Surf sailing in the early 80’s prior to getting more serious about work and a career. The transition to Endurance events has come with age which favours strength and resilience, and that’s something you can build and maintain – the downside though is it takes a large share of one’s time.
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far more individualistic pursuit. We also have a Global CEO who wants J&J to have the healthiest employee workforce in the world so we work hard on driving health and wellbeing amongst our employees.
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What steps do you take to
for an event:
over the years?
recover?
Event training starts with a
Plantar Fasciitis from running
Stretch a little – should do
100km bike / 20km run weekly
has been the most problematic
more, hydrate and eat up to
base that I maintain over
and for those who know it’s
fuel for the following day.
winter but build in the August
one difficult to manage injury
and September months. I
but it’s currently in hibernation.
Describe how it feels to
typically will complete a Mini
Most traumatic was a Peloton
complete and finish a long
Mos 10km, City to Surf in
crash just 3 weeks ago, elbow
ride?
Winter and build in Qtr 3 for a
now plated and screwed and I
Its uplifting coming with sense
November / December 70.3,
hope two more weeks till I am
of relief and accomplishment,
Canberra in recent years and
back on the bike.
especially at the end and
Western Sydney later this year.
always best shared with a
Completing my one Ironman
How does your body respond
in 2013 helped me on training
to long hours of riding:
efficiency, I worked with a
All day Tour rides are tough,
During a 10 day event, is
sports coach, Brad Pamp who
particularly when you add in
there a point where it gets
helped me train efficiently and
elevation as we had on the
easier / harder?
injury free, important for such
recent Sydney to Hobart Tour.
There’s always a few hours that
distances at 50 + years of age.
Resilience and a committed
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Consecutive days of long
and times when you wonder
What has been the impact on your long term health: clearly positive as my weight is back to levels last seen in my 20’s, Cholesterol levels are down and my energy levels are up. Losing weight adds a few lines on the face as my Auntie noted recently but being healthy and it’s worth it.
distance cycling tend to wear you down, particularly for me in the thighs and on energy levels. Though there always the element of “soldier on” and the group keeps you going – fortunately my bum seems
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“am I the only one hurting”. It’s often good to turn your attention to the team, to helping others and from that focus, getting more personally inspired versus focused on one’s own pressure points.
to have hardened up over the years as it was a real pain in my first TDC Brisbane to Mission Beach ride but it travels well these days.
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