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Charity Cycle Challenge
Four years ago I crashed my road bike and was paralysed from the neck down . After a very long 3months in the spinal unit hospital I was diagnosed a C4 incomplete quadriplegic .
It ’ s taken a long time to come to terms with the accident but a really good way of coping was to challenge myself and set physical goals to achieve each day , week , month and year I ’ ve lived with this disability . To begin with it was just getting through every day life .. putting my own clothes on , getting up and down off the floor to play and help with the kids . Once I had the energy cycling in a static bike became good rehabilitation both physically and mentally .
4 years on and my challenges have got a little bigger . On the 25th September I attempted to cycle the bike route of the Celtman extreme triathlon . 120miles and over 2500m of climbing in the north west coast of Scotland . In addition to most of my big challenges I try raise some money for charity and this time I chose Spinal Injuries Scotland . This organisation are great at helping people who are victims of a spinal injury and help them get their life back together .
The cycle challenge started at 6am and the weather started off pretty good , not too cold and a slight tailwind . My training rides before the challenge had reached 50-60miles so I was feeling good for the first 2-3 hours but I knew it would begin to hurt at some point . As the day carried on the hills started to take their toll on me and as I reached the top of the last big climb I was really struggling . I ’ d only covered 85miles and still had a few hours left in the saddle . After a short rest in my step dads car and I was good to carry on . My wife and kids met me at the
100mile mark and that definitely picked my spirits up but shortly after I turned into a headwind and it was then I realised I hadn ’ t eaten enough in the last couple of hours as my body started to switch off . Crawling along a busy main road and struggling to push the pedals I decided it was better to stop and climb off the bike before I fell off it .
I had completed 112miles with 2500m of climbing . I ’ d been on the go for 9hrs and I have to be happy with that . I ’ d like to thank all those that sponsored me , we raised just over £ 1300 for spinal injuries Scotland .
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