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I mentioned I'd pop up some more detail on how the whole life changing alpine event was.. So here are some links to some blogs I wrote which were posted on HotChillee's "Coffee Stop" site. I think I've captured everything I need to portray in those articles, so I won't repeat myself on here. Just know that what you read and see in the following links is, without question, coverage of the single most important moment of my life to date. In fact, this picture was taken at the top of Col de la Croix Fry - the final time trial and the final climb of the event. This is me hitting my goal, the very moment my life changed for the better and most definitely the single best second of my life ever, captured on film forever. That's one for the grand kids, right?! There are also links to the Ride Captain's reports, these people are the most inspirational, wonderful and tough people I've met - read their reports, and if you ever have about £1k spare - do ...

Hi! I'm Laura, otherwise known as Moo, or Moobags, or Mooface, and this is my new blog about the dramatic life changes I am currently making to try my best to become a successful racing cyclist. I might fail, I might succeed, but I will never stop trying. So I should probably start with a little introduction as to how and why I'm doing this; It all began in December last year (2011). I was 24 years old and was fast reaching a peak in my career as a raver. Yes, a raver. From somewhere in my mid-teens onward I had indulged in the delights of bright flashy lights, copious amounts of cheap, stomach-rotting, alcohol and enough cigarettes to build an island out of. I was on 20 a day and spent most of my spare money on messy parties, nightclub entries and really shit food. Don't get me wrong, to me there was nothing necessarily wrong with this lifestyle, I will never regret a moment of it and at the time I didn't want it to end or change. However, in December 20...