Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Cycling with David Millar

A little bit of serendipity in the gym tonight when, as is my wont, I mounted the exercise bike armed with my kindle and found myself in the company of one-time Tour de France yellow jersey wearer David Millar as I continued to read ‘Racing through the Dark’, an autobiographical account of his rise, fall from grace due to doping revelations, and subsequent return to top professional road racing; pedalling away I could have done with a bit of EPO or other artificial stimulation, while afterwards my recovery relied less on injections of iron and vitamins and more on a plate of fish and chips.

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