I’m not sure if i am a bit masochistic, or as it has been pointed by my gravity assisted cycling friends, that I am idiot for enjoying riding up hill as well as down. Whichever, it has long been on my ‘to do list’ to ride cross country endurance events. After holding off for a couple of years making the usual excuses of not having the time, not being fit enough and blah blah blah… I decided there was not time like the present. There will never be a good time so I may as well