Using my days
I generally don't do badly at getting the miles in, despite an increasingly demanding job (hell, I have two Indy Fabs, it's worth it). Even in the middle of winter, I look across at the expensive HID lights and the warm gear and usually that's enough to prod me into action.
What really saps the motivation, though, is mud in Spring. Work has left me overweight and underfit recently. Nothing a few decent rides won't sort out, mind. But out in the woods yesterday, I almost found myself wondering whether it'd just be worth accepting defeat and getting some road miles in instead. This is spring, beautiful spring in the Chilterns, and the best stuff is still soaking wet.
But a bit of perspective is required. Okay, it's still muddy in places, but plenty of the singletrack is dry, especially out of the woods. The bike still comes back plastered in mud, but it's chunks of sticky stuff rather than evil component-eating slime, and it brushes off easily. And then a lovely sunset last night really made me think.
These, though, are all small things. On Sunday I heard some news that was truly awful. A member of our club posted on the forum on Sunday that his fifteen year old daughter had been killed in a car crash the previous evening. The whole story is on Toni's blog - http://tertl.blogspot.com. I've never experienced anything close to what Toni, Chris, Ben, Dan, and all their close friends and family must be going through.
When you see something as truly dreadful as that, a bit of mud, the odd puncture, a lack of motivation... it's all nothing. I've not made the best of my days lately. I've watched weekend days, or sunny evenings, slide by. I could have been out on the bike, or visiting friends, or seeing somewhere new.
If my luck holds I will continue to be healthy and relatively fit. I have been with a lovely girlfriend for nearly eight years. My bad knee, operated on in 2002, has behaved itself for months now. I am relatively wealthy, have a good if time consuming job, and most of all I am fortunate enough to live a peaceful life, with few worries. I have three lovely bikes... and the hills are only a few miles away.
I will use my days much better this summer because I am very fortunate to have been gifted that chance.
What really saps the motivation, though, is mud in Spring. Work has left me overweight and underfit recently. Nothing a few decent rides won't sort out, mind. But out in the woods yesterday, I almost found myself wondering whether it'd just be worth accepting defeat and getting some road miles in instead. This is spring, beautiful spring in the Chilterns, and the best stuff is still soaking wet.
But a bit of perspective is required. Okay, it's still muddy in places, but plenty of the singletrack is dry, especially out of the woods. The bike still comes back plastered in mud, but it's chunks of sticky stuff rather than evil component-eating slime, and it brushes off easily. And then a lovely sunset last night really made me think.
These, though, are all small things. On Sunday I heard some news that was truly awful. A member of our club posted on the forum on Sunday that his fifteen year old daughter had been killed in a car crash the previous evening. The whole story is on Toni's blog - http://tertl.blogspot.com. I've never experienced anything close to what Toni, Chris, Ben, Dan, and all their close friends and family must be going through.
When you see something as truly dreadful as that, a bit of mud, the odd puncture, a lack of motivation... it's all nothing. I've not made the best of my days lately. I've watched weekend days, or sunny evenings, slide by. I could have been out on the bike, or visiting friends, or seeing somewhere new.
If my luck holds I will continue to be healthy and relatively fit. I have been with a lovely girlfriend for nearly eight years. My bad knee, operated on in 2002, has behaved itself for months now. I am relatively wealthy, have a good if time consuming job, and most of all I am fortunate enough to live a peaceful life, with few worries. I have three lovely bikes... and the hills are only a few miles away.
I will use my days much better this summer because I am very fortunate to have been gifted that chance.
posted by Jon Hall at 8:34 PM
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