Seeing Mark Beaumont’s ‘Around the world in 80 days’ tour last night, I was interested to hear him talking about the context for him cycling and why he does what he does. Much of what he talked about gelled with me – a lack of interest in racing someone else on his shoulder, but more … Continue reading Why solo?
What is the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge?
Its time to raise some more cash, help get more wishes granted and take on an amazing challenge, which is why at the end of May I will be cycling the Welsh Three Peaks, solo, with the aim of breaking the current record. What is the Welsh Three Peaks? Most of us have heard of … Continue reading What is the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge?
Can you cycle around the M25?
Life is full of those questions you just feel like you need an answer for. Unfortunately more and more of those questions I ask seem to start with “I wonder if it’s possible to…” and then end in some ridiculous solo, endurance challenge. While thinking about challenges for 2018 last year, one such thought occurred … Continue reading Can you cycle around the M25?
WHY is it so important?
In the words of Simon Sinek, "People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it." So why is the "WHY" so important? In 2018, Nike may well have pull off a very shrewd marketing move with their anniversary Just do it campaign. You will have no doubt seen or heard about it, … Continue reading WHY is it so important?
A promise
What a growing need for sponsorship to support the challenges, how do you the balance the freebies and expectations that come with them and your morals?
2018 the challenges and goals
I’m not great at looking back, for me life ends up being a relentless push forward – the desire to move on, complete and achieve the next thing means I don’t do a lot of the whole Throwback Thursday thing (as posting this Blog on a Friday proves). So off the back of my previous … Continue reading 2018 the challenges and goals
The happiness list
I’ve been trying to set my goals for 2019 and it’s been a hard process to arrive at something tangible, some goals that mean something. The process is hard because with the challenges I've done I seem to be on a path now where I feel the challenges have to become bigger, harder and have … Continue reading The happiness list
