Cycling!
Entries written by the happy and very enthusiastic amateur cyclist.
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Cycling: A Change of Adventure
It is time to accept it. Those grand cycling adventures, in the form that I have been experiencing them for the past few years, are gone. Cycling is not over, though. No way. It is too important to me. I just need to change the adventure that I experience through it. A Short History Cycling is massive for me perhaps because my history of bikes and Multiple Sclerosis are strangely intertwined. I actually only started riding a racing bike in 2012 at the tender age of thirty-seven and it was a crash on one of the early rides that led, in a roundabout way, to diagnosis. It was already there…
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Col du Galibier: Acceptance and Enjoyment
Normally I am quite gung-ho in the build-up to the ‘mountain of the year’, an annual event apart from a three year gap because of Covid. I talk about it a lot as well which can get quite boring for everyone I know, I admit. This year, though, it is different. The target is Col du Galibier. One of the monsters of the French Alps. What is different? Instead of the usual self-belief I really don’t think I will complete the climb this year. And, honestly, I am fine with that. The Build-Up: Hernia, Ocrevus and More… Apart from Cycling.. Preparation has always been key for these climbs. Mont Ventoux,…
