Author · Adventurer · Reinvention Strategist

Writing about the lives we build after we stop building careers

At 60+, we cycled 1,172 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats. Now I write about what comes next — and how to design a life worth staying in.

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1,172

miles ridden

About Katherine

60+

age when we rode it

days on the road

57,570

feet of climbing

I'm Katherine LaChance — author, cyclist, dual US/UK citizen, and firm believer that the most interesting chapter of life is the one most people underplan.

My books span two territories: the physical adventure of long-distance cycling and the interior journey of reinventing yourself after a career. Both require preparation, honesty about where you actually are, and a willingness to keep moving when the road gets hard.

I live between Florida and Europe. I still ride every chance I get.

Books

The Complete Library

Retirement · Self-Help

Who Am I Now? The Modern Retirement Playbook

Katherine LaChance

You spent decades building a career. Now build a life. A practical guide to reinventing identity, purpose, and daily structure after work ends.

Seven-pillar framework for life design
Identity and purpose work
Companion workbook available

Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $17.99

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Cycling · Adventure · Memoir

Land's End to John O'Groats on a Tandem (Mostly)

Katherine LaChance & Steve Hodgson

The complete, honest story of a 1,172-mile journey across Britain at 60+. What it took, what went wrong, and what it felt like to finish.

Day-by-day account of the actual ride
Tandem-specific guidance
Training and preparation lessons

Kindle $9.99

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Cycling · Planning Guide

How Ordinary Cyclists Can Ride LEJOG

Katherine LaChance & Steve Hodgson

A practical guide to planning, training for, and completing the 1,172-mile ride — built from real experience, not theory.

Training for long-distance touring at 60+
Route planning and daily distances
Gear, logistics, and budgeting

Kindle free with KU · $4.99 to buy

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Planning Tools

Free & Premium Resources for LEJOG Riders

LEJOG Readiness Calculator

21 questions across fitness, training, kit, preparation, and logistics — personalised score and priority action plan.

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LEJOG Planning Spreadsheet

The exact stage-by-stage system used to ride 1,172 miles. Break the route into manageable days with rest-day integration.

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Daily Distance Calculator

Enter your planned riding days and instantly calculate average daily mileage, rest day scenarios, and pacing strategies.

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Trip Budget Planner

Estimate the true cost of your entire journey — accommodation, food, transport, repairs, and contingency.

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The LEJOG Day-by-Day Blog

Every mile, every setback, every highlight — the full day-by-day story of our ride from Land's End to John O'Groats.

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Forthcoming · 2026

Perpetual Optionality

How to Design a Life You Never Need to Retire From — and Never Want To

Most retirement advice assumes you're trying to escape something. This book starts from a different premise: that the real goal is a life designed with enough flexibility, meaning, and personal alignment that the question of when to stop never becomes urgent — because you never wanted to stop in the first place.

Drawing on the author's own experience of reinvention, adventure, and post-career identity, Perpetual Optionality offers a framework for designing lives around ongoing choice — relevant whether you're 45 or 75, still working or long retired.