2017 was the Big Birthday year for me with the meter hitting 40 and that called for a big holiday. Big, bold and far away. It was a coin toss between Argentina and Colombia but with a little help from …
Data or no data, that is the question
The Tour de France has always been about teamwork: André Leducq (2nd left), Charles Pélissier (Left), d’Antonin Magne (Centre). 1930. (AFP PHOTO)
Tour De France 2017 has come and gone with my personal favourite Chris Froome as a winner. I …
2016 in summary
Another year has gone by and it’s time for a summary.
Outdoors
I got my first road bike which admittedly hasn’t been out on the road much.
It managed to get me through the Tour of Cambridgeshire though.
I completed …
Indoor Cyclist’s Adventures on Mont Ventoux
“Physically, the Ventoux is dreadful. Bald, it’s the spirit of Dry: Its climate (it is much more an essence of climate than a geographic place) makes it a damned terrain, a testing place for heroes, something like a higher hell.”…
The Proof is in the Pudding
So much is happening in my life now it’s getting a bit overwhelming but I thought I spend a few minutes telling you about my recent cycling holiday with Exodus Travels. It’s my third time with this company and …
Izabela on the Road – Tour of Cambridgeshire 2016
I am back from Peterborough. My second race of this year done. I completed Tour of Cambridgeshire last year on my trusted Pinnacle Hybrid. 2015 Gran Fondo was a first long distance event for me ever. I trained but got …
Polish Lass In Inverness – Etape Loch Ness
I went and did it. I was fretting about the King of the Mountain stage and I was right but I have completed the sportive.
It’s all Alex’s fault. I think… I don’t even remember whose idea it was to …
New Year, New Relationship. My First Road Bike.
So with the two big road events planned for this year: Etape in Scotland and Grand Fondo in June after being teased by some colleagues I went out and got myself my first road bike… Full of apprehension and armed …
I say goodbye and you say hello! (just for 2 weeks)
Just a few lines. Suitcase packed – 3kg over and cannot make it different regardless of what tactics I use 🙂 Oh well! Tomorrow I board a plane for New York then change for another one to Costa Rica for …
We could be SHEroes, me and you.
Social media can be a big time thief but sometimes you accidentally come across something, like an event, you would have missed otherwise.
A FB friend’s update showed up in my feed: “going to Take the Stage event”. As she …