My Top 6 tips for multi-day rides

I understand the basic principles at play here: overload, followed by rest and recovery leading to adaptation. But the actual business of cutting down on rid...

I went for a short ride yesterday afternoon in the sun with fellow Lanterne Mark. It was great to catch up and ride my bike without luggage and without a des...

I tried hard throughout this blog to capture the literal and metaphorical ups and downs of the ride. I tried to be as honest and open as I could so that read...

I don't need words. Just pictures. I have finished. 1,588km. All to get back to my best friend. #WLRCC #Rapha #RCC

Listen if it's good enough for Chris Froome it's good enough for me. I feel absolutely no shame in telling you I have been following a wheel all morning. I h...

*Yes I cheated again I had to re-set my mind to ride on the left as I got off the boat and try and work my way through the maze that is Dover harbour. In f...

I finally reached the coast and the ferry port to head home to England

Today was the first time in two weeks I've had a clock on me. I had somewhere to be in two hours time and I was on it. My legs felt fantastic and I was rattl...

Having hit 1200km yesterday in 11 days, I felt like I deserved a day off without it affecting my daily average. Plus and perhaps more importantly, I wanted t...

"I would tell you about the things they put me through, The pain I've been subjected to" Depeche Mode - Walking in my Shoes 'Good morning Paul' said Bel...

30 years ago when I was a student I went to Avignon to play in the curtain raiser match before a Great Britain v's France rugby league match (don't ask we go...

I've got this. I don’t need faith. I know it. I've got this. Belgium threw everything it has at me and I won. 1600m of climbing, road works, diversions, te...

Well it makes bugger all difference what I write today because no one is going to read it. We will all still be happy in the afterglow of the football result...

I had planned today to keep to the revised plan of another shorter recovery day. That means that to keep to schedule I will need 3 big days to get to Brussel...

The Festive 500 is a joint challenge set by Strava and Rapha to ride 500km between Christmas eve and new year's eve. In completing it last year, one of the m...

That's me riding a bike in Hong Kong (I know, flash right?). And in the background is my elder daughter Eleanor. That's appropriate because she has been in t...

How many of you reading this would know if I had 'cheated' and changed the route? None, is my guess. Unless there's someone out there pouring over the maps e...

Today was supposed to be a rest day, but I woke up feeling good and eager to move on from a city where a small coffee and croissant cost me £7 for breakfast ...

I was asked by a friendly reader to include the things I've missed out on the blog, that I have shared in messages. So in no particular order; * I got lost...