Category: Lifestyle

  • Badminton Gave Me A Very Painful Injury That Has Lasted For Weeks…

    Badminton Gave Me A Very Painful Injury That Has Lasted For Weeks…

    Injuries can be very painful.   I’m currently nursing one on my right knee, and it hurts. Boiling pain that crunches when I bend my leg, and lashes out when I walk. I’ve even got a limp at the moment, and probably two knocks away from crutches. The result of a rather grand badminton session two…

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  • Drying Fast, Pain Is Real

    Drying Fast, Pain Is Real

    Dry fasting is tough, eighteen hours in.An utter thirst grinds the upper part of your tongue crying for satisfaction.Maybe the pain is imaginary. Gym session, knocking at 3 kilometre sprints. Climbing sessions at 3%,Spun out 75GI at 25mph. Pain, and I ask myself: why am I doing this?I could jus’ be at home kicking a…

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  • Alone

    Alone

    The last meal is always the painful one. Prepared, whole and lean.A full house, laughing, jokin’, n’ playin’.Looking around that table,Observing faces, speakin’, smilin’. Soon to be gone. So far away.  Jus’, walkin’Away. So,Bite, chew and drink to this too. Enjoy that last meal with all the children.The day before, it all ends once more. So,Jus’…

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  • Hateriouscyclistus Is A Virus

    Hateriouscyclistus Is A Virus

    Hateriouscyclistus. Why so serious? Have people really stopped riding for fun? In the bike industry there seems to be a never ending chase for the next best thing. The next best shiniest groupset or a quest for the lightest monocoque carbon frame ever. The chase seems to get faster with every year, but as it…

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  • A (FXD) Roadie Out In The Wild

    A (FXD) Roadie Out In The Wild

    This is an experiment. So….42miles per hour (approx.). That’s what I’ve been toying around with lately. And guess wha…surprise surprise, that wholesome number has been on a geared bike. Yep, toys with gears have joined my set. A classic steel joy from Vernon Barker and an alloy Viking race bike now sit pretty next to…

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  • Raleigh At The Mall

    Raleigh At The Mall

    The Mall.Sunshine.Lively crowds. Tourists.Horses.A marching band. One bike. Happy. One smiling man. Simple.Jus’ my happy space. Raleigh.Never a lonely ride.

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  • This Morning, I Almost Turned Into A Zombie

    This Morning, I Almost Turned Into A Zombie

    “Urm..hmmm?!” “What type of deer is that?” Those were the first thoughts that sprung to mind after I saw a ‘strange deer’ this morning. It was approximately 200 metres away. I was staring at that thing for a long time while pushing my bike on a level crossing. Normally, I take pictures of these type…

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  • 3am

    3am

    3am. The wheels keep turning. 3am. Silent.Cog tuned at midnight, Geared for 3am. Silence.There’s nothing else. No one else. Just,You.

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  • The Morning Hour

    The Morning Hour

    Ever had one of those days when you just don’t want to get up? Staring at the ceiling. Alarm blaring on its third snooze. Still thinking about getting up. Maybe in a minute or so. Maybe in a coupla’ minutes. What if I get another 15mins of snooze? I think 30mins will be better. Yes,…

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  • Are you AeroReady all the time?

    Are you AeroReady all the time?

    I recently read a Guardian article debating the merits of wearing the same sweaty gym clothes more than once – as in without washing them straight after a work-out session. This got me thinking about my own clothing gear and laundry habits. What type would I fall into? OCD Aero, (a) washing clothes straight after…

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