Grid of Posts 3×2

  • 1000 plateaus

    Yesterday I reached 1000 km of riding indoors since the moment I started working from home due to Covid-19 in March. I hadn’t ridden much outdoors since moving to Manchester in early February, and I’ve not only ridden much more … Continue reading → Read more

  • I’ve been here before…

    Last time I lay down in this bus shelter it was two in the morning and I was unwell, over halfway into a BRM400. Out of shape indeed… So much better to be here in the sun, with my love, … Continue reading → Read more

  • Sweden

    Not many words in this post and in no particular order: Tarkovsky, Strugatskys, Vandermeer, sauna, ceramic obsession, hipster-burger, hail, sub-zero, hotdog, gravel, trust, love, Gilles Berthoud, Öresundståg, osprey, hare, elk, moose, auntie, weird b&b, memory, meatballs, past-present-future. Read more

  • Adventure Commuting

    So, it’s come to this. I am re-branding as an adventure-commuter. For too long I have ridden the same route in and out of work, once or twice a week. But since I am no longer an aspiring ultra racer … Continue reading → Read more

  • Music doping

    One of the first blog posts I penned was about the use of music by coaches and athletes to enhance performance. It’s the closest thing to my academic expertise I could really have written about here, even though it isn’t … Continue reading → Read more

  • Race Around the Netherlands: Dusklands

    Race Around the Netherlands: Dusklands

    My first contact with the Netherlands as a tangible concept was through the writing of J. M. Coetzee. In his book, Dusklands, he writes two narratives, one centred around the Vietnam War, the other around a hunting expedition in South … Continue reading → Read more