Read underwent surgery followed by a lengthy recovery before returning to cycling.<\/p>\n
He said heart valve disease was “a serious, common, but treatable disease” and he wanted more people to recognise its symptoms.<\/p>\n
The ride took him through rural northern France before finishing in Paris.<\/p>\n
He was joined on the journey by Heart Valve Voice executive director Wil Woan.<\/p>\n
The charity supported Read during his treatment and recovery.<\/p>\n
He described the challenge as both physically demanding and rewarding.<\/p>\n
“From the support we received at the start line at the hospital, the stunning rural North French countryside, to the bustle and busyness of Paris, all made for a challenging but rewarding event,” he said.<\/p>\n
Read said the encouragement he received helped keep him motivated throughout the ride.<\/p>\n
“A big thanks for all the support we have received,” he added.<\/p>\n
“We had that in our minds during the trip, and it made it all worthwhile.”<\/p>\n
His connection to the hospital has continued beyond his own treatment.<\/p>\n
Both his mother-in-law and father-in-law have recently received cardiac care at the same hospital.<\/p>\n
He said both relatives were now recovering well.<\/p>\n
Read said the experience had strengthened his determination to support others facing similar diagnoses.<\/p>\n
He hopes the ride will help raise funds to improve treatment and support services for heart valve patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Read underwent surgery followed by a lengthy recovery before returning to cycling. He said heart valve disease was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-612872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}