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It’s a gorgeous spring afternoon … and what am I doing? I’m sitting on my couch composing this stupid blog entry about my complete and utter lack of motivation to get outside and do anything. I think part of my malaise today comes from reading Mama Grrrlie’s most recent blog entry on turning 39. MG [...] “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” — The Olympic Creed View Ascent activity on 19-Sep-09 at 01:19PM in a larger map Well that pretty much sucked ass. Legs felt great. Everything else felt like shit. Heart rate skyrocketed, averaging 160. Average speed was just a hair over 14 mph, and this was mostly flat/false-flate riding. It wasn’t a struggle to turn my legs over, but [...] It’s no secret to those that know me that self-confidence is not one of my strong points. It’s not that I completely lack confidence in myself, but that the base upon which that confidence is built is fragile, and it doesn’t take much to knock me on my ass. I know that I’m extremely intelligent [...] I completely missed this on VeloNews and CyclingNews.com this past Friday, just stumbling across this article on the BBC this morning. BBC SPORT | Other sport… | Cycling | 2009 Tour of Georgia is scrapped The Tour of Georgia, one of American’s cycling’s most prestigious events, has been cancelled for next season. Created in 2003, [...] Kind of wish I had received this before posting recent reactionary blog posts … but will be something to keep in mind going forward. THE POWER OF AN AUTUMN LEAF In working with the setting sun or confused world, the attitude of the warrior is like an autumn leaf floating down a river. It doesn’t [...] THE WEAKERTHANS – CIVIL TWILIGHT My Confusion Corner commuters are cursing the cold away As December tries to dissemble the length of their working day And they bite their mitts off to show me transfers, deposit change and I can’t stop finding your face in their faces, all rearranged and angry like you never [...] “Usually in life, when we act, when we exist, we tend to have a very wretched and small notion of what we are doing. Sometimes, we try to be good boys and girls. We struggle, taking our journey stitch by stitch. We go to sleep at night, we get up the next day, and we [...] |
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