Matthew St. Amand of LaSalle, Ont., rode more than 20,000 kilometres on his bike last year alone. (Submitted by Matthew St. Amand) Matthew St. Amand picked up a cycling habit during the pandemic, and that habit has turned into a bit of an addiction.
He has cycled more than 53,000 kilometres in Windsor-Essex since May of 2020.
Along with the riding, St. Amand also did some writing.
St. Amand joined Windsor Morning to talk about his book: The Kilominator: Cycling Through a Global Pandemic In Search of Sanity & Stability .
Here is part of his conversation with host Nav Nanwa. Nav Nanwa: So the pandemic hits, you’re in your late 40s. What is it that pushed you to pick up cycling?
Matthew St. Amand: Well, I realized that, with all the time on our hands, I could choose which "95" I wanted to be. I could sit back, eat, drink and do nothing and become 395 pounds, or I could get my head together and get on my bike and try for 195.
I’ve struggled with my weight my entire adult life. So I thought, you know what? This is time to get smart and at the same time, a way to sort of deal with the anxiety and the mental health issues that arose at that time. Were you a cyclist beforehand? I would go out sporadically on my bike, maybe once a week. If I went three times or four times a month, I would consider that really rigourous.But then when […]
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