Just thinking about the training required to compete internationally is enough to make me need a nap.

While from the comfort of our couches we happily insult the TV when our favourite athletes fall short, we’re aware that it took a level of skill and a special sort of crazy to get them there in the first place.

This professional-level madness came out on the weekend, with participants of the Blayney 2 Bathurst cycling event competing to qualify for the Gran Fondo World Championships.

Unsatisfied with completing the 110 kilometre race, one madman was spotted leaving Mount Panorama to cycle the 50 kms to Orange.