Meandering Musings - Some bike related, some not...

[maillotpois]

Sounds like a good ride! I'll bet a lot of that being able to hang with the fast guy has to do with better wheel-sucking / bike handling skills from pushing yourself a little harder last year. Sure, your fitness is better. But almost more important - you know you could stay with someone like that for a bit when you were riding a lot, so why can't you hang with him now? Not to downplay the fitness, but I am convinced that so much of this is mental - especially an effort like that, hard and relatively short. We can do what we think we can do, and if we've done it before then we're only more convinced.

Running stinks.... But I get the portability aspect. I really like super fast hiking. Trail running, sort of. More like super fast walking. You should take your trip somewhere where you have good trails. It's just so much better than pavement.

[Veronica]

The motorcycle trip will include Yellowstone, Glacier and a bunch of places in the Dakatoas and lots of hiking. The running is just a back up plan. Thom still hasn't recovered from six years in the Marines.

V.

[mimitabby]

Great story. Thanks for letting me draft vicariously for a few moments.

Yes, the reality of life is that it is not fair. People who have committed heinous crimes go free, stupid old ladies end up in prison for life for showing off. (half brother's mother; google Helen Loheac)
Creeps get all of their parents' money, while good children get nothing.
I could go on and on.
Guys who burgle as a way of supporting themselves really don't live a long happy life. He might not get caught burglarizing someone's house, but he might die of an overdose, or end up in jail in another state because he didn't renew his license plate tabs.


Try not to think about it. That's what I have had to do to get over the crap that has happened in my life... or I'd be in jail for murder myself, trying to right a wrong.