Breaking the Cycle (Quite Literally)

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Hope you’re having a lovely start to the weekend 🙂

Sometimes, doing things in life is just like riding a bike, right? Well, does that age old saying apply to riding a bike for the first time in over 14 years? Struggling to see where I’m going with this? I’ll explain all in my story for today’s blog.

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In the run-up to our Valencia trip two weeks ago, Charlie messaged our WhatsApp group to see if we’d be up for a cycle on Saturday to see the sights and highlights of the fabulous city. It’s worth mentioning here that I haven’t been on a bike in over 14 years, so yeah, the nerves started brewing in the background 😓

When Charlie sent in our “chill” (we have very different definitions of the word) planned route, I DM’d him with – “30km, are you trying to kill me?😭”

Flash forward to the trip, and after speaking to loads of people about it, I was still feeling, let’s just say “less than confident”. I’m being very generous there, I was shaking like a leaf in all honesty, but hey ho, the story must go on…

However, being the stubborn, proud man that I am, I promised myself that I’d at least give it a try to see how it goes. So, after stocking up on snacks in the market, we went to rent our bikes for the day.

Despite looking alarmingly unstable (I’m being very kind here), I wobbled my way forward. Picture a drunk giraffe on roller skates, and you’re pretty much there 🦒 🛼

And then, just like that, we were off…

After a couple of minutes (and only almost falling off a couple of times), I started to find my rhythm and got back into the cycling swing of things. We cycled all 30km, with breaks scattered throughout, seeing the museums, the beach and some lovely views of Valencia 🚴

Turns out, I had nothing to worry about, I had a great laugh. Surprise surprise, I should have put my faith in Charlie 😂

A huge thank you to the group for being so supportive and encouraging me the whole way, I couldn’t have done it without you!

That’s all for today’s blog, what do you think? When was the last time you did something that scared you?

I’d love to hear your thoughts ⤵️

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a lovely day!