Part I: The Training
When my husband first told me that he was thinking of getting a few guys from the office together to cycle from London to Paris, my
Andrew, Colin, and Nadia after three days of cycling from London to Paris. We made it!
first thought was, “Who does crazy stuff like that?” The words that came out of my mouth were, “Can I join?”
I hardly had any experience cycling but that was not going to hold me back. I bought a cheap mountain bike in Egypt just before I climbed Kilimanjaro in 2009. I cycled a few times in Cairo as part of my training for the climb. That training consisted of leisurely cycling on flat road for no longer than half an hour at a time. I did not think it was leisurely then, of course. I now know what real training means. (more…)
Inner Workings of My Mind 