ceeana

When you’re spending hours riding your bike next to someone, you shift through the general topics... and when you’re talking to someone 30+ years your senior, and had been retired for 12 years as a carpenter. You HAVE to ask them.... 

How did you meet your wife? 

fav paragraph: 

“My full-time job now actually involves social media for a brand, and one of things we do is find local influences for the brand. And in order to find those groups, I do the same thing. My boss is like, how are you so good at this? It's because I'm crazy.”

At times, life is an endless ladder on all fronts.

For when I am weak, then I am strong.  

Learning to accept, embrace, and even enjoy the yin and yang of life is always some to strive towards. It is in the grind I find the motivation to move forward in sport-- which is really just a allegory for life. 

I’m feeling great right now now; but I recall that just two weeks ago and a month ago I felt shitty.  I felt weak and frustrated with how I was riding. She’s stronger than me... and so is she! I thought. Will I ever be strong? The answer is yes! I am strong... stronger than I have been. Comparing myself to others is the fastest way to lose track of the journey and path I am on. 

Last week’s racing and standing start practice at the track last week put me back on track. I was working through the mechanics of the standing start for time trial events. It was sloppy. But each subsequent effort got better; by the fourth effort it felt powerful and fast. It motivated me, I love the process, the grind, and having a growth mindset.