balancing life and the bike

[ehirsch83]

That is a hard question..
I am really fortunate that the BF is more dedicated to the bike then I am. He is a cat 3 looking to move up at the end of the year, so he gets up at 4am at least 5 days a week to get at least 4 hours in a day. Where I don't get on till 5:30 or 6 most days.

But I guess why I am fortunate is because he understands why I don't go out and drink,etc. because he does the same thing- we both get home at night, eat dinner, and go to bed. My life consists of the bike, school, and work. And the bike tends to take priority at times.

It is very hard though, my friends don't understand why I don't want to go out at night- but they always end up staying out till 2 or 4 in the morning and I can't do that. I don't want to be hungover the next day, I want to RIDE!!
On the other hand, I have become good friends with a group of people from the morning training rides and in all truthfulness, they are becoming my group of friends now and the group that was my friends are fading away.

I love it- I love having a set of friends who understand me- we all get up before the sun has risen and go to bed early. The ages of everyone in the group also varies, I am the youngest by at least 5 years- but it is ok because age doesn't matter it is our common interests that pull us all together.

The other way I have found to deal with still keeping my old friends is to go out to lunch with them, either during the week if it can be done or on the weekend. That way you aren't to tired, you can catch up on everything, and there isn't a push to be drinking if you don't want to be.


This probably wasn't helpful at all but I went off on a tangent anyways

[Brandy]

That is a hard question..
I am really fortunate that the BF is more dedicated to the bike then I am. He is a cat 3 looking to move up at the end of the year, so he gets up at 4am at least 5 days a week to get at least 4 hours in a day. Where I don't get on till 5:30 or 6 most days.

But I guess why I am fortunate is because he understands why I don't go out and drink,etc. because he does the same thing- we both get home at night, eat dinner, and go to bed. My life consists of the bike, school, and work. And the bike tends to take priority at times.

My situation is similar and I feel fortunate as well that I am with someone that gets me. My boyfriend does ultra-distance events and to give you an idea...I got in 660 miles in January and he logged 1427. We obviously understand the need for rest vs. partying! Yesterday we stayed in our jammies all day and other than attending to the needs of the kids and cooking meals, we did absolutely nothing!