"Not A Real Athlete"?!?!

[Grog]

Why can't I seem to reconcile the person who does all these things with the rest of me? Grog, is this what you mean by 'identity issues'?

Well yeah I guess that's close enough. I have mostly defined myself as an intellectual throughout my life, and I was always involved in politics. I am still involved in academic life pretty deeply (doing a PhD right now) and tried to escape politics for a while. Obviously I can't ride fast enough to leave politics far behind, and it has catched me again, so I'm trying to juggle the three together now (plus have decided to try a triathlon... speak of trinities!!). In my social surroundings, until recently, there were not that many people that exercised at all. To me, being chin-deep in sports was a way to escape more social and political problems, and all the sports-types I knew were totally igorant of the wider social universe around them, which bothered me.

I do feel some guilt sometimes when I go for a ride instead of sitting down to read (or do other stuff). But whatever, I guess that if I don't take care of myself, I won't be able to take care of my work.

[profà vélo]

(doing a PhD right now)

Hmmm...so am I...interesting...

I am teaching and trying to dissertate and trying to be athletic. That's my trinity.