all skin and bone….

Bobby Julich writes some intelligent words over on Cyclingnews.com today, all about the unnatural and at times unhealthy obsession with body weight in the pro peloton. I know from first hand experience it’s not just the pros that suffer from such an obsession, in my case it was a combo of competitive pressure on the bike, a childhood of being bullied through school (thanks to being a pudgy asthmatic) and then a cycle of depression as a result of stress at work and the impact that had on my ability to perform on the bike… looking back I feel twinges of embarassment but it’s not an unusual story. These days I’m heavier… a whopping (!) 68kg (short-arse 5ft 9 :o) but heaps stronger, heaps happier as a result and I no longer feel the cold! So, worth a read and even if you don’t have a problem it might make it easier to understand why someone else does! Best stick to Northwave’s “skeleton” cycling wear I think if you want to look really really lean on the bike…

here’s a pic from my archives, I was quite lean back then, and I’ve still got that top hat in a cupboard somewhere….

it’s breakfast time as I write… MMmmmm muffins :o)