Ian Ashton

After struggling with mental health and destructive behaviour, that lead to the collapse of my marriage 6 years ago, I rediscovered cycling.

It has helped me through the worst years of my life, and my daughters are now dead set on being the next Rachel Atherton.

After crashing at 3peaks cyclocross and hurting my shoulder, I managed to just get back on the bike for WEMBO, my shoulder gave up and I ended up crashing, doing serious damage.

I am currently off the bike, and feeling the strain mentally, however, setting myself little targets over the next weeks and months, hopefully making it to Highland 550 in May, is keeping my mind focussed and away from the darker side.

Ian Ashton