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 legs a little. Just the one target this year, not like last year. And one […]
The Englishman Who Rode a Bike in Belgium
I already posted that 2018 would be the year of just one challenge. It is something already very special for me, the whole experience of Liege-Bastogne-Liege. I don’t expect everyone to understand that, you just have to trust me on this one. It will be even more special because, like ‘Climb Against MS’ in 2016, it […]
Back to Liege – The Challenge for 2018
Last year I rode Liege-Bastogne-Liege and, as I sat and ate a huge pizza the night after and drank too many Belgian beers I thought to myself… ‘Never Again’. Never again….. So, in a fit of absolute stupidity, I have signed up for the 2018 edition. Very stupid of me. Bonkers. I mean, who does […]
Good Times!
Sometimes the good stuff just comes non-stop, like an avalanche. Perhaps overdramatic but, for all the troughs, the peaks are there to be enjoyed, revelled in. First the slightly superficial. Well not that superficial to me but, anyway, the triple challenge has been completed. What started on a miserable day in April with a slow, […]