Today was the day…I had been semi-training for this long mountain bike ride for about a month now…and I am not going. Sometimes, as mountain bikers and obsessed cyclists, we have to make the decision to skip a large ride in favor of what we have going on at home. The decision to ride or not to ride is a tough one as we weigh the preparation vs. other obligations. In this case, the decision was ultimately easy has I took a look forward to the week ahead. I was going to have my wife and dogs come up with me to enjoy the outdoors, but what I realized is that it would have turned into her waiting hours before I was back at the truck.
We have an incredibly busy week coming up and the smart thing to do is skip the ride, get some things done around the house and enjoy some time together. Does that mean that I am giving up a long ride that only happens once a year? Yes…but there are thing that are more important in life and we need to remember that from time to time. So…instead of wasting my legs in the mountains today…I am going to have a different kind of fun…enjoying my time at home.
I hope every one is having a great weekend and look at the bright side! I am going to get to watch Lance Armstrong podium the Tour de France today! Crazy!!! The way he was climbing during yesterday’s stage you would have sworn he was a younger Lance dealing with the multiple attacks by Andy Schliek.
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That’s too bad, but you’re right, sometimes you just have to say ‘no’. At least if you know what is good for you!
Hey man tough decision but good on you for being able to deal with it and there’s always next year.
I know how you feel. Darn it. I had to miss the Drama Queen ride which I had been looking forward to since last year when I did it. Sometimes you just have to stay home.
Yes, I had a nice weekend myself. I think this was just one of those weekends. Saturday there was plans and then on Sunday we slept in. Come 11am we decided to go to the community pool. Ended up staying there until 8pm. Was probably our best pool day ever. All that I had to do was let my nagging bike ride conscience take the day off.
As an obsessed cyclist it is hard to let go of ride time, but the older I get the more I come to realize that there is life outside of the bicycle. If one doesn’t take time to see it then it just passes you by.
Wow, what a life altering decision you made. Don’t ever second guess your self, you weighed the options and made the best decision you could at the time. Life is about making critical decisions and sticking by them. Never look back, my friend.
You can always go riding tomorrow, alas, but there will never be another today.