Category: Cycling 2025

  • May: How a devastating crack nearly destroyed my ultimate journey

    May: How a devastating crack nearly destroyed my ultimate journey

    As previously mentioned, May became my official “month off”, which in cycling terms means I barely touched my bike for two weeks and called it “recovery.” After April’s Mallorcan torture session left me questioning both my life choices and lung capacity, my body staged a well-deserved rebellion. The great bicycle boycott of early May Most…

  • Pedaling through pain: My shocking survival of Mallorca’s brutal 312

    Pedaling through pain: My shocking survival of Mallorca’s brutal 312

    …nothing went wrong but everything happened. April was meant to be my final training crescendo, but Mother Nature had other plans, hurling snow blizzards at me in Helsinki while my work travel schedule played calendar Tetris with my riding days. My training suffered more than my quads on a 20% gradient, and those crucial long…

  • Happy New Year… If we’re still counting in March

    Happy New Year… If we’re still counting in March

    Greetings to everyone I’ve neglected to wish seasonal joy, and yes, I’m aware wishing “Happy New Year” in March is like bringing out the Christmas tree in February – technically possible but generates enough raised eyebrows to power a small village. I’ve finally diagnosed my blogging condition: chronic inspiration deficit disorder. I wait for divine…