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Tassie devil: The Sid Taberlay diary 2004

24 year-old Tasmanian Sid Taberlay is a man on a mission. The current Australian and Oceania mountain bike champion, Sid is, like so many athletes this year, striving for a berth at the Athens Olympics Games. But his never-say-die attitude, down-to-earth deameanour and a desert-dry sense of humour - not forgetting a bloody big motor! - puts Sid in the best position possible to realise a life-long dream.

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Athens, August 18

Recovery

What do you do when you have a recovery day? It's all about good "Bad Time Management"; everything happens in the slow lane today. No waking up to an alarm, rushing through breakfast to get out on the bike. The morning went by with breakfast and a 1.5 hour easy ride followed by lunch and checking out a couple of things at information. Not sure where the rest of the day has gone, but it's now 2:30. I've had pretty good "Bad Time Management" so far today. Afternoon plan is to clean the mountain bike after yesterday's ride. If I continue in the slow lane, that should put me around dinner time :-).

I've decided not to venture out to any events - it becomes a tiring day with all the travel and being on your feet the whole time. Besides we get better coverage on the telly - each channel has a different sport.

Until next time,
Sid