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A Midlife Cyclist - Book Review

In this article, Vijay Malhotra reviews the book 'A Midlife Cyclist' by Rachel Anne Cullen. Vijay is a writer and cycling enthusiast who runs the popular blog Pedal and Tring Tring. You may have come across his great site, based in Mumbai, on various social media platforms - we have and recommend you take a look at his website.

A Midlife Cyclist is written by Rachel Ann Cullen. The book is about Rachel’s cycling journey to heal a broken mind and find joy. She is based in Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.

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A Midlife Cyclist is a tale of two wheels across the Yorkshire Dales, Vietnam, Costa Rica and beyond, and a rider in search of peace.

The book is an honest confession about Rachel’s struggle with body dysmorphic disorder and the pain she took to overcome her poor mental health condition.

In the beginning, running helped Rachel gain mental strength and she thought she was healing fine. But her depression kept increasing, she tried to come out of it by winning races and collecting medals at Marathons.

But when an injury stopped her running activities, and her constant battle with her inner self progressed, Rachel realized what she is really going through. As body dysmorphia began to grip her fast, she knew she had to find a solution to fight her mental health demons for the sake of her own sanity.

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So, she reached out to her storage area, brought out her old bicycle, and started pedalling. Initially she struggled to cycle but gradually she learnt the tricks and advanced into a confident rider.

Rachel worked hard to transform her situation and continues with her running and cycling activities.

A Midlife Cyclist | <i>Rachel Anne Cullen</i>

A Midlife Cyclist is the 3rd book written by Rachel, the other two being ‘Running For My Life’ and ‘Running For Our Lives’.

All of her three books are available via her website.

I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it to all of the cycling lovers and people seeking inspiration through sports.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Rachel you are amazing and congratulations on getting your bdd sorted.
It is so strange hearing someone else describe what cycling, and being out in the country side just pressing down one pedal at time actually does to your mind and emotions. You took the words right out of my mouth.
It doesn't matter what my mood is no matter how bad it is because 10 minutes on my bike and that mood just pours off me. Bloody amazing what 2 wheels can do. Tina, 5-star review

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>> Find A Midlife Cyclist on Amazon

>> Visit Rachel Anne Cullen's website