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Are you ready?
- Ride For The Child
- Training
August 24, 2016

My ride Is now only one week away and everyone is asking me the same question, are you ready? It’s a tough question and quite hard to answer. How many times have you seen boxers say how they’re “100% ready” …
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Tour De Lakes 2
- Training
August 23, 2016

It’s been a year since I started training and went to the Lakes on my first ever “cycling trip”, Tour De lakes. My – very unrealistic – aim was to tackle Hardknott Pass, a huge climb near Eskdale. I took …
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Headwind
- Distance
- Training
July 12, 2016

Last Sunday I had my hardest ever day on the bike. The mileage (130 miles) and elevation (6800ft) are both things that I have done before, but not with a headwind.I have obviously encountered wind before but never a constant …
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Practice Trip
- Training
June 29, 2016

Last weekend myself and Robert, my main support person in America, went on a little trip in order to experience a few days on the road and also to identify any issues that might arise. The ride was a 2-day …
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Back to normal
- Distance
- Training
May 9, 2016

A while ago I blogged about the frustrating pain I was having in my lower back while cycling. Since then I have spoke to so many people who are also struggling with back pain both on and off the bike, …
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First 100 miles
- Distance
- Training
April 17, 2016

So many people have been asking me “Have you done 100 miles yet”. When I tell them no they’re like “what you playing at”. The reality is that I have never cycled before so my training is all about building …
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Swimming
- Training
January 22, 2016

As I mentioned in my last post, I have now started swimming. I’m now two weeks into my swimming training and I wanted to write briefly about the experience having not swam properly since I was in primary school. First …
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Bad back
- Distance
- Training
January 17, 2016

I didn’t really want to think about this subject, let alone write about it. However you need to confront your problems in order to conquer them. If you have been reading my blogs you will be aware that I have …
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Training
- Training
December 11, 2015

Many people ask how often I train and what I’m doing, so I decided to write a post to elaborate on how I’m preparing myself for the ride. I’m lucky enough to have a Transition Cycle Coaching to help me …
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Deaf cycling
- Hearing
- Training
November 9, 2015

This post was featured in The Guardian newspaper, link here. Since I’ve started cycling I’m often asked if I fancy going out for ride with individuals or groups. As a deaf person this is a bit of a dilema for …
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I want to raise as much money and awareness as possible and I can't do that without your donations and help. Any amount - large or small - will contribute to helping children with deafness or cancer. Feel free to share, follow, tweet and please tell your friends and family about Ride For The Child. Whatever you can afford, it’s a small price to pay to improve these children’s lives.