Life Lessons from the Trails

Life Lessons from the Trail #15: Little Things Can Have A Big Impact

Aug 30, 20225 min read

Life Lessons from the Trail #15: Little Things Can Have A Big Impact

30 millimetres. That's 3 centimetres, or just over an inch in imperial terms. If you estimate this space using your thumb and index...

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Life Lessons from the Trail #27: People With Purpose Can Do More Than Those with Formal Mandates

Mal

Aug 8, 20225 min read

Life Lessons from the Trail #27: People With Purpose Can Do More Than Those with Formal Mandates

Mountain biking is one of those sports which on the surface appears to be centred around a very individual pursuit of accomplishment. ...

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Life Lessons from the Trail #4: Balance is your Friend

Mal

Jul 24, 20226 min read

Life Lessons from the Trail #4: Balance is your Friend

Well, time flies when you're having fun... or when you're just busy. Since starting the Life Lessons from the Trail series at the...

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Life Lessons from the Trails #12: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

Mal

Jul 10, 20225 min read

Life Lessons from the Trails #12: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

The wonders of technology, if you think about it, are pretty amazing. For those of us that are perhaps a bit older, watching the...

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Life Lessons from the Trail #19 - Your Instinctive Reactions Aren't Always the Right Ones

Mal

Jun 27, 20228 min read

Life Lessons from the Trail #19 - Your Instinctive Reactions Aren't Always the Right Ones

Like all of the Life Lessons from the Trail posts I do, I've been meaning to write about this topic for a while. But if I'm being...

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Life Lessons from the Trail #6: Exercise Can Help Manage Stress and Depression

Mal

Apr 25, 202210 min read

Life Lessons from the Trail #6: Exercise Can Help Manage Stress and Depression

The Consequences of Being Busy Before I get into this particular piece, you might be wondering about what happened to lessons #2, #3, #4...

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A few random thoughts - Inspired by observations about mountain biking away from home.

Mal

Apr 19, 20229 min read

A few random thoughts - Inspired by observations about mountain biking away from home.

Well, once again, it's been a while since I've managed to post anything and truthfully, this particular piece wasn't the one that was...

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Life Lessons from the Trail #1: To realise what's possible, learn to see what isn't in front of you

Mal

Jan 30, 20226 min read

Life Lessons from the Trail #1: To realise what's possible, learn to see what isn't in front of you

Truthfully this particular life lesson didn't crystallise for me on two wheels. Instead it happened while I was doing something a little...

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Mal

Jan 16, 20224 min read

2022 - Life Lessons from the Trails

Belated happy new year! It's been a while, but it's also been sometime since I've done anything mountain biking related. The weather...

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Mal

Jun 2, 20216 min read

A Coach's Job

"How do you feel about your protege leaving?" my boss from my adult job asked me. He was referring to one of my managers with whom I'd...

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Searching for Balance - An Update on Mountain Bike Coaching

Mal

May 12, 20219 min read

Searching for Balance - An Update on Mountain Bike Coaching

So if it feels like it's been a while since you've heard from me, that's probably because it has been. The other day I happened to check...

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2020 Christmas Wishes and Unexpected Incidents

Mal

Dec 22, 20204 min read

2020 Christmas Wishes and Unexpected Incidents

I've been a little bit quiet overt the last few weeks so I thought I'd pop my head up and mention why, and to wish you all a Merry...

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Mal

Sep 10, 20201 min read

R U OK?

Hi everyone. Life has been keeping me busy but I wanted to say that you're all in my thoughts and I would genuinely like to ask if...

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The Art of Achieving Stretch Goals and Objectives

Mal

Jul 20, 20204 min read

The Art of Achieving Stretch Goals and Objectives

I've been a bit quiet on the blog for a few weeks now and for good reason. Between my day job through the week and coaching both days on...

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Mal

Jun 1, 20204 min read

Mastering the Art of Being Wrong

"What do you mean I have to do this differently. This is what I was taught." I have had that sentence stated verbatim to me at least...

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Mal

May 26, 20204 min read

Getting Back On The Bike

Fear is a funny thing. A biological response designed to protect you from getting hurt and feeling pain, fear is that emotional response...

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Then and Now - Some of the Journeys of 2019

Mal

Jan 2, 20207 min read

Then and Now - Some of the Journeys of 2019

Happy new year! 2019 has come and gone and now that we're already into the second day of 2020 it's probably about time that I started...

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Turning Point - Beginning the Journey to find Mountain Bike Nirvana

Mal

Sep 3, 20194 min read

Turning Point - Beginning the Journey to find Mountain Bike Nirvana

This is a post inspired by a chance meeting on the trails. I happened to bump into Monique, Natalie and Shannon while riding one weekend....

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Faith, Persistence and Discovery - A Mountain Bike Journey

Mal

Aug 5, 20193 min read

Faith, Persistence and Discovery - A Mountain Bike Journey

This is the story of a young rider I met when I first started coaching mountain biking at the beginning of last year. Anais was in Year...

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The Danger Zone - Origins of a Riding Nickname

Mal

May 16, 20193 min read

The Danger Zone - Origins of a Riding Nickname

The slightly amusing tale which details the history of how Mal received his riding nickname.

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