TO BE

TO BE

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...
REFLECTIONS

REFLECTIONS

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,...
TOUR TE WAIPOUNAMU 2024 – A Race cut short

TOUR TE WAIPOUNAMU 2024 – A Race cut short

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...
RENEGADES MUSTER 2023

RENEGADES MUSTER 2023

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...
TOUR DIVIDE  #3      2023

TOUR DIVIDE #3 2023

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...
LIFE IS A JOURNEY

LIFE IS A JOURNEY

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...