Challenge Number Three: Time to Ride
A short week in Alto-Adige, Northern Italy. Time to ride the Mendel Pass. And taking a good look at what is around me. #cycling
Category Ways of Escape
The posts talking about those ways of escape!
Closure: The Month of Mountains
How in hell’s name can I put this in to words? I can still feel last week in my hamstrings, in my calves. It’s in my mind! It won’t go away for awhile. It’s really difficult to put this in…
First Thoughts: Stelvio and Gavia
Quick thoughts on Italy. More to come but, right now, it has to sink in a little....
#cycling #stelvio
Traveling Light
Traveling to Italy with bike and first ride - short but wonderful, preparing for bigger things! #cycling #Italy
Ventoux: The Last Climb
Mont Ventoux is a personal symbol of how I have tried to react to MS and the climb from Sault means I have now taken all three routes to the top.
That means something to me.
#MS #cycling #Ventoux
Ventoux: Back Among Giants
I love it here. Provence. I am hiding from the Sun a little now, it is a touch warm. But the view of Mont Ventoux remains utterly spellbinding. How can something that can be so cruel on long climb have…
Twenty Years
In August 1998 I thought I would take a chance and move to Holland. Amsterdam. Spend some time in the land of my girlfriend. Good experiment for a few months, maybe a couple of years. Something no twenty-three year old…
Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2018 – Closing the Book
Last week I wrote a fast, fairly emotional piece about Liege-Bastogne-Liege. A little more considered review is below. It’s time to close the book on this year’s challenge. Just the one this year. The hard kilometres of preparation were done in…
Falling Sideways
You effectively spend the last year, mentally, building up to a ride. And one particular part it. The Cote de la Redoute… Oh, the name! So mythical! The core of Liege-Bastogne-Liege! And you fall off. Or, more pathetically, you fall…
Liege-Bastogne-Liege – Something Special….
So it’s nearly time. All the training, all the preparation. It all comes to a head on Saturday 21st April in Belgium. A quiet week beforehand, no more big rides. Just a couple of low tempo, easy outings. Stretch the…