“i took on a 380-mile ride to show that parkinson’s disease won’t stop me from cycling”

Cycling ignites passion, but too much pressure and expectation can burn it away. Psychologist and racer Steve Mayers tackles the delicate issue of burnout

In the mid-1980s, despite regularly making nuisances of ourselves at our local bike shop, my girlfriend Josie and I were determined to resist all attempts to turn us into racing cyclists. While happy

he quest for better midlife health usually begins with a shocking photo. Who is that tired person in the pic? A stressful house move, work challenges and a slide into my 40s had left me feeling old. I

Tracey on the English border S omething ...

When Tracey Howe began her year-long walk around the coast of Britain, the weather suited her mood. “I was very angry,” she admits. “I was raging that my wife and partner of almost 40 years had been t

Bibiane Turner was struggling to cope with the loss of her husband when her youngest daughter Lynsey, 43, had a brainwave. “She said, ‘I know, Mum, let’s go for a cycle together’”, remembers Bibiane,