Mrs Hudson turned to cycling after experiencing a “complete breakdown” during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
She suffered from an eating disorder<\/a> from the age of about 17 until she was 24.<\/p>\n In 2021, while working as a mental health nurse, she began experiencing intrusive thoughts and anxiety, before eventually deciding to quit her job.<\/p>\n Her husband Kyle bought her a bicycle which she rode in the Peak District every other weekend with her dad.<\/p>\n “It was the only time when I could escape from my mind,” she said.<\/p>\n “It gave me that sense of feeling worthy again when I felt so worthless because I felt like a failure from leaving my job.”<\/p>\n “Getting on the bike made me feel alive again.”<\/p>\n Mrs Hudson began documenting her cycling adventures on social media, external<\/a>, where she has since amassed tens of thousands of followers.<\/p>\n