Parton, UK
Today I received the devastating news that I would be unable to complete the race after 486 miles of hard riding from Lands End to Kendall. In the end a sports injury specialist said that I would be crazy to carry on cycling as my knee could not withstand anymore cycling.
The diagnosis was substantial cartilage damage which meant that my knee cap slipped out of place briefly. The only way of recovering from this sort of injury would be to rest it, effectively en...