24/11/2016
The ride for life!
I got on my Long Haul Trucker, and when the 60kg heavy luggage burdened my body, the thought of not realizing the dream weighed down my shoulders even more. That was how it began.
The journey from Kuala Lumpur to London took 6 months and not just that, it took all I had as a cyclist – my stamina and my endurance, living more than 12 hours on two wheels. It took all I had as a man, being away from my loving wife and daughter who hadn’t even been old enough to recognize my face. It took all I had for 6 months and yet, to everyone who had asked if it was worth it, my answer was a confident yes. Coming home, I thought about how to eternalize this experience and how it would translate into a story that everyone, and not just cyclists, could relate to. Most of all, I wanted to put the story down in words that would withstand the test of time and eventually carry the message to my daughter when she is old enough to understand it. Perhaps even for my wife who asked no questions when I told her I wanted to go on an adventure and cycle through 16 countries for 6 months. Perhaps for her who still had little questions when I came home, to glaze upon these stories and at some point, be able to wrap her head around the fact that I did what I did. For her to know that her unwavering support didn’t go to waste.
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