On the shoulders of giants

 Carrying the load

I recently read a very short biography of an individual I knew growing up. I would have known this person for pretty much the second half of her life. Confined to a wheelchair and without any use of her limbs, she was still able to live a remarkable life. The biography only covered her early life - basically the first half that I wouldn't have seen. It is an amazing story, as it could be almost unbelievable had I not known otherwise. One thing that stood out was that from the earliest of her days, she had a tremendous support network - a family, that made life even possible. By the time I came along, she was a giant in our community -albeit, none of us youngsters were to ever know that at the time. The point to all of this is very simple; everyone needs a support network along the way. Eventually it is passed on to the next group or person to carry the ones that follow. Nothing new about that, now is there?

Little chance of coincidence

Luck is not all its cracked up to be. In fact, the harder your work and the more you prepare, the luckier you will become - pretty straight forward. Along with that, practically every decision you make will have an effect at some point down the road. When we are younger we convince ourselves that we can get away with poor habits and bad decisions. Truth is, it all adds up along the way. And then there are those occasions that we identify as coincidence, when in fact we chose to be at that place at that time - be it intentionally or unintentionally. You had to make a series of decisions to even get to that point. The results are what they are. In the end, if you desire happy coincidence, you need to make choices well ahead of time that will put you there. Repetition becomes behavior. Behavior becomes part of your character. If you want to race fast, you have to train fast. At the end of the day, a persons character is what they do when nobody else is not looking. At some point it can't be faked. It will all come home to roost eventually. If you want to take your chance at coincidence, set yourself up for success first.

Training Updates

A minor foot injury during the week, completely unrelated to riding, kind of set things back a bit. Add to that some work demands and it has been a less than ideal week. A session of hills last night felt pretty good. Changing the methods to stimulate more progress. It is past time to get the road bike out and go through all the details. Time is flying by and not a lot of progress on the Huntsman campaign or other training metrics. Diligence is the word of the day.  Time to string a few together.........

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Ride HARD!