'Even dropping dead on the spot would have seemed overly aggressive on my part' - Dr Hutch on the trials and tribulations of ultra cycling

Dr Hutch cycles along a road at night.

I've just published a book. This one is a little different from my previous books, even if it is still about cycling. Previous efforts have focused on things like going fast. This one is about going far. Since I called an earlier book Faster, I've called this one Further, so as not to excessively tax the imagination.

You may recall a certain amount of distance-related whinging in this column over the last year or so. Phrases like "vomity misery" have cropped up in the context of very long bike races, along with accounts of acute discomfort, bouts of existential angst and generalised despair.