So I got better. You may have noticed the blog rather died on a wail of despair. But I didn’t actually! I did in fact get better. I didn’t know what to make of the whole thing for a long time. My fingers and in fact many things about my life froze. I initially fellContinue reading “Two Strange Years.”
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I’m Chronic.
Let’s call Long-Covid what it is then shall we? It’s a chronic illness. A new one. A shocking thing to think about for the many of the people that have it. We are beginning to discover that a scary number of people have it and have had their lives changed by it. We must hopeContinue reading “I’m Chronic.”
Suddenly, nothing.
About a month ago I woke up to train. Quite a high-intensity session. Got about 3 minutes into the first interval and had to stop. No big deal, wasn’t feeling it, the body didn’t want it, happens sometimes. I congratulated myself on my maturity for stopping, spinning out the legs and scheduling in a quietContinue reading “Suddenly, nothing.”
Long days.
I think part of the reason I’ve started this little writing project is to cope with a life unstructured. I’m sure that’s familiar to a lot of you. It speaks in some senses how much work provides a defining quality to many of our lives. My work is pretty social, it’s also pretty hard andContinue reading “Long days.”
The price is worth the reward.
A lot of cyclists look to the sport for some hardship. To understand this is to understand that the sport is in many ways a preserve of the at least somewhat privileged. Certainly it is in countries like this one where half the bikes you see ridden in areas like London are worth the bestContinue reading “The price is worth the reward.”
Quick rumination on cycletiquette and not sitting on my wheel!
Short one today because the ride was long and hot. I’ve earned my vegging on the sofa today by sacrificing oodles of sweat and a fast beating heart. Anyway the topic is a moan likely to cause a forest of tiny violins to appear around my head and moaning is only amusing if it endsContinue reading “Quick rumination on cycletiquette and not sitting on my wheel!”
Getting back in the habit.
I’ve set myself the task of writing for half an hour a day. To get back into the habit, to feel I’ve produced something every day and to reintroduce routine in the days of Covid-19. I wrote some blogs last year I’m moderately proud of but fell badly out of the habit when I herniatedContinue reading “Getting back in the habit.”
I Three Twelved.
The Mallorca 312 was certainly the ride of my life so far. The 312 fits the bill. It is as promised. The first half is the classic epic, big climb into steep climb. Sweeping descents down closed roads, slightly sketchy on those first descents surrounded by thousands of riders, thrilling after the bunch has thinnedContinue reading “I Three Twelved.”
Chase The Winter Sun
I have a lamp in my room that simulates the sun. Apparently it shines with 10,000 lux. I don’t know what that means. It certainly is a big round number! Which must be why Lumie (the manufacturer) attached the figure to it’s marketing blah. I know that before I bought the light in early NovemberContinue reading “Chase The Winter Sun”
Happy on my Home Roads: How cycling arrived just in time to help save my mental health.
Trigger Warning: Anxiety and Depression. This, I suspect, will be the first of a few blogs tackling cycling and my mental health. As a first effort it certainly rambles. I don’t think I have yet reached full clarity on how cycling and my own mental health interact yet alone anyone else’s. However as this isContinue reading “Happy on my Home Roads: How cycling arrived just in time to help save my mental health.”
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