Walk of Champions
September 2, 2020
During the paracycling development camp they officially opened the ‘Walk of Champions’ photos of the World champions for Paracycling. Below is a photo of me down the passage way in the velodrome/ walk of champions viewing this. This was an very proud and specia...
Racing at Hampton Downs
August 14, 2020
We just finished a one week trainings camp here in Cambridge!
We raced on three days. One of them was Hampton Downs. It was really good to race on a motor racing course, as this will be the case in Tokyo as well.
The next one around Aspin Road, my local training grounds.
The...
Eltje Video Update
June 16, 2020
Lockdown Update
May 4, 2020
During the whole of Level 4 lockdown, and until today, Level 3, we have been so lucky with the weather, which together with the extremely quiet roads, has made riding in the North King Country so enjoyable. Quiet roads, lovely sunny weather and beautiful scenery, is wo...
Road Rage, Lock Down & Paralympic Games
April 6, 2020
Road Rage Incident
On 14th March I was riding along with my friend John, riding behind me, on Peake Road near Cambridge which was straight and wide.
The driver of a van leaned on his horn continuously, then overtook us slowly. He leaned out of the window looking back at us a...
Productive Weeks
March 11, 2020
A few busy weeks it has been!Bev May women's tour, well organised by the Mays, 2 stages on 1 day, a first for me on the trike: first stage quite hilly, I did well, much faster than last year. BUT THEN the second stage, was a disaster because I had severe ataxia right f...
Brain Injury Waikato | Newsletter
January 21, 2020
Hi team,Below is a link to the Brain Injury Waikato newsletter where you will see a small part on me.https://braininjurywaikato.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Brain-Injury-Waikato-Nov-2019-Jan-2020-Newsletter.pdf
Happy reading.
- Eltje...
Heat Training Camp
December 18, 2019
I am at the heat training camp in Brisbane at the moment. Staying in a nice camping ground at Noosa, which is a couple of hours drive, North of Brisbane. The team has 2 weeks here, riding in heat of 32deg +...and 75% humidity, in preparation for similar condit...
Waikato Centre Champs
November 14, 2019
The Waikato Center Champs were just held in Gordonton, Waikato. I competed in the 20km time trial. I have to admit that it was awful as I had lots of Ataxia (Neurological loss of voluntary coordination in muscles). There were really strong, gusty crosswinds that made it very...
ELTJE UPDATE | 14 OCTOBER | 2019
October 15, 2019
At the moment I am having a compulsary break from cycling (something about forced recovery that I don't love as I just want to be on my bike.) Monday is back to normality, back to training.Have been busy meanwhile with doctors visits (a.o. My broken tooth from the crash at t...
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