By David Millar
By way of his eighteenth birthday David Millar was once residing and racing in France, dozing in rented rooms, tipped to be the following English-speaking journey winner. A 12 months later he'd realised the dream and signed a qualified agreement. He possibly lived the excessive lifestyles a bit too enthusiastically - he broke his heel in a fall from a roof after an excessive amount of drink, and ahead of lengthy the strain to be triumphant had tipped over into doping. right here, in an entire and frank autobiography, David Millar recounts the tale from the interior: he doped simply because 'cycling's drug tradition was once like white noise', and thanks to peer strain. 'I doped for cash and glory in an effort to warrantly the continuation of my status.' 5 years on from his arrest, Millar is fresh and reflective, and holds not anything again during this account of his darkish years.
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KG5 sat under the flight path of one of the busiest airports in the world, sandwiched between two of the most densely populated places on the planet. We studied an English curriculum and were taught by mainly English teachers. We also wore English-style uniforms, and were the only school kids in HK to do so. The school itself was the antithesis of what I knew. I had come from a single-sex school and was essentially a well-mannered, chivalrous boy. I was something of a novelty to my fellow students, especially as I had started halfway through the year.
Now I don’t belong anywhere. Now I float, cast adrift, out to sea, a speck in the distance. Now I know it is finished. There are no good reasons, no easy excuses. There is no redemption. Instead I am blinded now, dirty, unshaven, red-eyed – they took my phone, my belt, my shoelaces – just in case, they said. Just in case. I bury my head in the hood of my sweatshirt, understanding that I’ve lost everything I had once dreamed of, but feeling nothing but acceptance. There is no sadness – simply the recognition that I have been unhappy for a long time.
I felt sorry for everybody who had to carry on. I didn’t return to live permanently in Britain for fifteen years. 3 FLYING BALL BICYCLES Hong Kong – ‘HK’ – is a strange and magical place, one of the wonders of the world. It was especially so during the years I lived there. The British lease on the territory was nearly over and the 1997 handover back to China was rapidly approaching. HK’s residents lived with the ever-present ticking of the countdown to Chinese rule as the backdrop to their everyday lives.