My breakdown of my experience riding the inaugural Trans Alba bike race....
The Trans Alba Race
Trans Wales “Race” Report
A “race” with the tag line of “No prizes, no support” attracts a certain type of person. So it was that 15 of us congregated under the Menai Bridge at 11pm on Friday the 3rd of May for the Trans Wales Race. The premise is simple. No entry fee. No prescribed route. Organised by...
The Trans Alba Chronicles Part 2: Competitive eating
What I have learned in the last few months and where I go from here. ...
The Trans Abla Chronicles: Part 1 “Oh god, what have I done?!”
Yeah, that has been going through my mind A LOT when thinking about the Trans Alba Race I Will be lining up for in about 5 months. A little over 1600km around Scotland with over 15000m of climbing. It’s no small task and I want to track and reflect on how I manage the...
The closest I’ll ever get to polygamy
When I first started cycling more than just casually, it took me a longer time than I would care to admit to fully appreciate my bike. Even when I began riding three or four times a week the bike mostly rested against the wall in the shed space and only got cleaned once it...
Go big, then go bigger
A few posts back I tried to make sense of the post event slump I felt after my France trip this year and figure my way through it. Once you push through to inevitable low following achieving a goal you set it’s hard not to look to whats next so I recently pulled the...