by Steve | Apr 6, 2024 | Cycling Adventures, POEM
INTROSPECTION CONTEMPLATION REALISATION A TIME TO BE A TIME TO SEE A TIME TO HEAL A TIME TO FEEL WEEKS PASS BY AS I GO DEEP INTO THY SELF I EMBRACE THIS JOURNEY ITS NOT SO LONELY I MEDITATE, I LEARN I REPLENISH, I GROW I NOURISH, I FLOURISH...
by Steve | Mar 1, 2024 | Cycling Adventures
What the hell just happened Suddenly I’m down Realization sets in I’m static on the ground. Agony in movement I inhale into the deep Serenity in stillness A limb lays distorted, motionless A soloist surrenders Warm sun is soothing, Tussock sways in the breeze,...
by Steve | Feb 10, 2024 | Cycling Adventures
At kilometre 978.8 and at elevation 1291 meters, and after 4 full days of racing hard, on my third Tour Te Waipounamu, suddenly, out of seemingly nowhere I was sprawled across the middle of the gravel track, unable to move my right leg from the hip down. What the fuck...
by Steve | Jan 7, 2024 | Cycling Adventures
I was looking forward to this one, Renegades Muster had two previous editions that I had followed closely. It’s an 850km route that starts and finishes in Whanganui, a town on the southwest of the north island. After catching up with some familiar faces we were...
by Steve | Aug 27, 2023 | Cycling Adventures
So I was returning for my third Tour Divide, and once again, I was super excited, I felt I was in the best shape ever going into an Ultra race. Months of consistent training went well and now I was back in Canada to propel myself and my bike through the USA to the...
by Steve | Aug 10, 2023 | Cycling Adventures
I grew up on a small farm in the west of Ireland. It was a simple life balanced with time to play and also to work on the farm. I remember we would milk cows by hand, harvest crops and grow our potatoes and vegetables. From 8 or 9 years old I became obsessed with...
