This is a short monologue by Pavel Stuchlik reflecting on his time as a professional cyclist. He describes losing the love of cycling after turning pro—criticizing commercial pressures, spectacle around crashes, and concerns about bodily damage and longevity—while also noting interest in biohacks for recovery and a broader sense that events happened for a greater reason.
And now. It's funny, when I look back, I wish I knew all these biohacks for recovery, for. I'm like, oh, my gosh. Like, I literally have the pathway to success. But to be honest, like, I've always struggled with purpose, even during cycling, even though it was awesome, even though it was this idealistic vision. Then when I became pro, it was about branding, it was about being on a tv, it was about. It lost the love for the sport that I had and also for the freedom. There is something freeing when you're just on the bike and constantly in nature and there's no thoughts. It's just you and the bike and Mother Earth. And what happened to me, I was like, this kind of feels like a modern gladiator ship for any sport. People get really excited when you crash and when you fall, and then people get. You know what I mean? And I'm like, for freaking. What, Damaging my body and damaging my. My life, my. My future. Longevity. And so it was a good time that ultimately everything happens for the greater reason.