Cycling Social media is abalze this past few days. The crash of Primoz Roglic in the last 100 meters of Stage 16 of this years Vuelta a Espagna has been dominating the cycling media feeds. Yesterday afternoon, shortly before the finish of the stage, Team Jumbo Visma sent out a press release stating the their…
Cycling and boxing are two of the very toughest sports in the World. When Stephen Roche was looking for motivation to train when preparing for the 1987 season he would sit and watch one VHS movie before going out on his bike. That movie was Rocky IV. I have written before about what Rocky's life…
After a number of years of restless retirement , Rocky Power finds himself riding down memory lane one afternoon . He had closed the chipper that he now owns for a few hours and headed out on the bike. With no fixed destination in mind, he finds himself cruising through the old neighborhood. He still…
I have had a number of people asking ' what happened next ? ' after a recent post about a cycling version of Sylvester Stallone's most famous character so here is what I think might have been the next instalment ; Both cyclists are lying on massage tables in the Na Piarsaigh GAA club hall…
Trevor Brennan the former controversial rugby player and current T.V pundit was being interviewed the other night when he mentioned that the 'Rocky ' films were a big inspiration to him growing up. This got me to thinking about the similarities between cycling and boxing , both considered among the toughest sports in the world.…
