Loving Dads on the cycle of life
Despite being a charity fundraiser for Down Syndrome Ireland, it is a gruelling 650km trek, pace averaging 28kph. Many of the ‘leisure cyclist’ participants tend to be the type of lycra-clad stick-people who zip past on slick racing machines as you pant your way towards cardiac arrest during occasional token gestures at fitness since intensive training began last October.
But tucked in among the keen amateurs in this year’s TdeM are a bunch of near-beginners, ten fathers of children with Down Syndrome (DS). One sunny evening, seven of them sat down for a chat prior to a training spin.
