{"id":147,"date":"2015-08-03T11:11:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T01:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exsight.tandemarmidale.com\/?p=147"},"modified":"2015-08-03T11:11:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T01:11:45","slug":"why-i-ride-katherine-welshaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"Why I Ride : Katherine Welshaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first in a series of short items from Exsight members about why they enjoy riding tandem.  First up, Sydney based member Katherine Welshaw.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><figure style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-nrt1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xaf1\/v\/t1.0-9\/11170330_852101854835355_5666024957821162696_n.jpg?oh=2bfa86c778f6cd25a57e63b81a56568f&#038;oe=55E844A4\" width=\"320\" height=\"219\" alt=\"Katherine sits behind Colin on the tandem at the velodrome\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine and Colin at the recent &#8220;Ride for Rotary&#8221; event, Unanderra velodrome<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>I have always been a sporty person. Swimming, athletics, goalball plus various other outdoor activities in New Zealand, I&#8217;ve given it a go.<\/p>\n<p>When i moved to Sydney in 2011 I felt lost not only as a vision impaired person trying to navigate a new city but also as an avid sportsperson trying to find a community i fitted into over here.<\/p>\n<p>Near the end of 2011 i discovered exsight.<\/p>\n<p>Exsight gave me a purpose and reason to expand my confidence both navigating a new ciry and meeting new people.<\/p>\n<p>Not only have exsight given me a great sporting outlet but the people i have met are amazing.<br \/>\nThe pilots\/captains go above and beyond to make each and every ride memorable.<\/p>\n<p>Not only have a partaken in various rides in both Sydney to Wollongong but ive taken part in the Sydney Spring Cycle but with the support of exsight in everyway i have even completed a triathlon.<\/p>\n<p>Cycling not only gives you an energy outlet but always put a smile on faces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first in a series of short items from Exsight members about why they enjoy riding tandem. First up, Sydney based member Katherine Welshaw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42,44],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exsight.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}