A FRIEND OF OURS THAT WE MET THRU TEAM IN TRAINING HAD AN ACCIDENT ON THE GROUP RIDE THIS WEEKEND... THANKFULLY SHE IS ALRIGHT. WE WEREN'T THERE DURING THE RIDE BUT IT SOUNDED SCARY. SHE SAYS SHE WILL BE BACK ON THE BIKE .. SHE WILL NOT GIVE UP... AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER FOR THAT. THE PAIN WILL GO AWAY BUT THE MENTAL PART WILL TAKE LONGER TO GET OVER... I RACED CARS AND HAD A FEW SCARY ACCIDENTS THAT I PLAYED OVER AND OVER IN MY HEAD FOR MONTHS AFTER THE PAIN FROM THE ACCIDENT WENT AWAY...AND I ALSO CRASHED MY FEDEX TRUCK ON THE FREEWAY...WAY SCARY WHEN YOU SEE THE WALL COMING AND CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT... A VERY LONG FRACTION OF A SECOND.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT OUR ADVENTURE... AND SOMETIMES MY HEAD PLAYS TRICKS ON ME.. LIKE THIS ISN'T A BIG DEAL WHAT YOUR DOING... 100 MILES ON A BIKE...SO WHAT..PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME... BUT IT IS A BIG DEAL... WE ARE STEPPING OUT OF OUR OF COMFORT ZONES... MAKING SACRIFICES WITH OUR FAMILY AND TAKING SOMETHING ON THAT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. BUT ITS FOR A GREAT CAUSE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO ARE TAKING THE CHALLENGE ON...THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US GOING TO KEEP TRAINING WHEN ITS COLD.. AND GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO SQUEEZE TRAINING IN WHEN IT WOULD BE EASIER TO JUST SAY FORGET IT...I'LL TRAIN TOMORROW. I'M SO PROUD OF OUR FRIEND TO KEEP GOING AND NOT LET THIS HOLD HER BACK...
THIS WEEKEND OUR DAUGHTER HAD HER JUNIOR OLYMPIC MEET IN PLEASANTON... SO WE DIDN'T RIDE SATURDAY ON THE GROUP RIDE...SO SUNDAY WE BROUGHT THE BIKES WITH US TO THE MEET AND WENT ON A 20 MILE RIDE DURING THE LUNCH BREAK... THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS WHO TOOK THE KIDS TO LUNCH AND GOT THEM OUT OF THE COLD WHILE WE RODE...
WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL RIDE AND DEDICATED TO OUR FRIEND ... THE WHOLE TIME JUST BEING THANKFUL THAT SHE IS OK...
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