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Daniel Ward's Amsterdam 300 Cycle Ride experience

About me

Location	Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Introduction	I am 42 years old, just on 6 foot tall and tip the scales around the 16 stone mark, so I am not your typical image of a cyclist. Imagine Chris Hoy with a beer gut, or a not so hairy biker in a push bike, and you get the idea. I’m not built for speed, unless it’s to get to the bar for a last drink before they close, or over a distance of less than 20 feet. I sit behind a desk all day Monday – Friday and I am also Safety Officer at Eastbourne Borough FC, responsible for crowd safety, and apart from walking my dogs, I don’t do a huge amount of exercise. I am a social cyclist; I cycle to the pub to be social! When I completed Land’s End - John O’Groats in 2009 I had a Steve Redgrave moment and said that if anyone saw me contemplating a long cycle ride, that they had my permission to shoot me! I had just cycled 1067 miles in 10 days on my own, and had had enough. Well time has passed and I actually miss the challenge of preparing and undertaking a challenging ride. I’m still on the Scope mailing list and when I received the info about the Amsterdam 300 I thought why not drag my sorry ass off the sofa one last time.

Location

Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Introduction

I am 42 years old, just on 6 foot tall and tip the scales around the 16 stone mark, so I am not your typical image of a cyclist. Imagine Chris Hoy with a beer gut, or a not so hairy biker in a push bike, and you get the idea. I’m not built for speed, unless it’s to get to the bar for a last drink before they close, or over a distance of less than 20 feet. I sit behind a desk all day Monday – Friday and I am also Safety Officer at Eastbourne Borough FC, responsible for crowd safety, and apart from walking my dogs, I don’t do a huge amount of exercise. I am a social cyclist; I cycle to the pub to be social! When I completed Land’s End - John O’Groats in 2009 I had a Steve Redgrave moment and said that if anyone saw me contemplating a long cycle ride, that they had my permission to shoot me! I had just cycled 1067 miles in 10 days on my own, and had had enough. Well time has passed and I actually miss the challenge of preparing and undertaking a challenging ride. I’m still on the Scope mailing list and when I received the info about the Amsterdam 300 I thought why not drag my sorry ass off the sofa one last time.