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EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 23 MIN

The Alternative

from The Tenacious Cyclist

Eleven people in the UK share my diagnosis. Ten of them are bed-bound. I ride ultras.Fifty-six years of unbroken pain. No pharmaceutical support. No viable medication route. In December 2022 I was ending my 19th year in a wheelchair. On 21 January 2023 I got on my bike. My VO2 max was 30. It is now 55. I am 58.This is not a story about overcoming. The illness is the road. This is what it costs.And I know which story I am still writing.

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Eleven people in the UK share my diagnosis. Ten of them are bed-bound. I ride ultras.Fifty-six years of unbroken pain. No pharmaceutical support. No viable medication route. In December 2022 I was ending my 19th year in a wheelchair. On 21 January...

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