This Morning’s Ride: 1:04:01 Distance: 15.04 Miles Average: 92 RPM
It was nice to have a longer ride, although I need to do some repairs to my leg. Nothing major, and I’ve got all the parts I need, I just have to do the work.
One of the problems with living inside my mind is that everything becomes a metaphor for everything else. So, for the next few days at least,
I’ve got all the parts I need, I just need to do the work
will be the slogan that will guide my life.
The sky was grey and the air was humid for the ride, although it didn’t rain at all. It’s interesting that I was more worried about the rain than the traffic. Not too long ago–earlier this summer, in fact–I was confessing the fact that I didn’t like riding in traffic. Hated it, actually. I was in fear of it. Now, it’s just another thing I deal with. Perhaps it’s only because I’ve never been broadsided by a semi that I talk like this, but there is a change in me. I’m much more confident on the road now. This doesn’t mean I’m taking unneccessary chances–just that I’m okay with riding the way I am.
Part of me is telling me this is no big thing. I was talking with my friend Mike today about how many mountains that, once I’ve climed them, turned out to be just molehills. Mike said: “Perhaps, but sometimes you should turn around and say ‘wow–that was a big mountain I just climbed.’”
Sometimes you should turn around and say “wow–that was a big mountain I just climbed.”
Oops. Sorry, tools slogan. You had a short run.
