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Stephen Shrubsall

I realised how real exercise addiction is when a nurse told me to rest, and my world fell apart

Steve cycling on a 100 mile ride.

This is a story that officially started while I was flying through the air. I’d just clipped the back-end of a medium-sized deer that had bounded into the path of my bicycle, and now I was airborne, en route to a violent meeting with the floor.

How long does it take to fall off a bike? One second? Two maybe? Three at push? However fleeting the flight, I had somehow found the time to engage myself in a lively discussion about the potential ramifications of a bad landing.

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