Be Inspired

Marquixannes is a little village about a half hour drive away from Casteil. La Pla des Oliviers is a unit housing people with a variety of learning difficulties enabling them to be purposeful members of society enjoying as much independence as possible whilst providing them with the support they need. It is part of the Val de Sournia association, established in 1981 to provide support for those with a variety of needs which mean that they are unable to do paid work.

So is cycling twice a day too much? In most cases, cycling twice a day is not too much. Many athletes train twice a day and there is no reason for cyclists to be any different. The important factors are the overall volume and intensity combined with fitness at any given time. In many cases, cycling twice a day can be very beneficial.

As a vegan mountain runner I often get asked about my diet. With an increasing number of people turning to a plant-based diet, I thought this would be a good topic to discuss here.

I have been vegan for five years; I train nearly every day in the mountains on my doorstep and run mountain races regularly

So how long are self supported bike packing races? Bike packing races vary from as little as 150km for some off road events to 29,000km for the World by Bike Challenge. On average, races are between 1000km and 5000km for road events and between 700km and 2500km for off road events.

After my adventure up Canigou I decided it was time to rest; in truth I could do little else.

Sometimes I see a mountain and I want to climb it, I don’t know why, it's like a voice in my head that says, 'it would be good to climb that,’ and my heart begins to stir. My first encounter with le Canigou was on holiday in 2015. 

As Jenny Graeme whizzes round the World in her record attempt, inspiring us all to look differently at life’s challenges and adventures, I thought it would be interesting to reflect a little on goals and challenges. 

It has been a few years since I wrote a blog. Partly because I got disillusioned by the process, feeling that my blogs were not being read and therefore feeling I could more usefully contribute to the world in other ways.