Dear Readers & PEZ-Fans… I write this post with a heavy heart, and to humbly ask for your help to support our dear friend and beloved colleague Ed Hood. Ed suffered a devastating stroke in February of this year, and faces an uncertain future.
“I’m never happier than when I’m writing.”
~ Ed Hood, as spoken to Martin Williamson from the passenger seat, driving along a stage route at the Tour de France.
** Click this link to donate to the GoFundMe page to help Ed **
As a result of the stroke, Ed has lost his ability to speak, and lost movement on the right side of his body. He’s working with speech and physical therapists on rehabilitation, but all strokes are different and each patient responds differently, so unfortunately recovery is one day at a time. Ed ran his own business installing windows, and will probably not be able to work again. Ed with Hendrik Redant
Ed began writing for PEZ in 2006, when he approached me with an idea to provide some coverage of the Tour of Britain. He delivered on his word, and we never looked back. His tales chasing the Giro , Tour , Vuelta , Classics and Worlds , and in winter the Sixes , are legendary, never the same twice, and gave us something the other cycling media outlets could never duplicate or challenge. Ed at the Copenhagen Sixes looking after Michael Morkov His ability to think up creative story ideas – […]
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