Commitment

Today being Monday, I get to introduce the Monday Man (I'm not quite sure yet how I will introduce the Friday instructor?! - still, I have until Friday to work that out).   I didn't set out to describe key influences in the RPM room, but I guess I've decided it's important to do so - even though some don't know they are.  

I tend to call the Monday Man the MSD man because I know that he works for MSD with a former colleague of mine.  I could call him a "gentle" man because that's how he comes across.  At least I think so.  That though would imply that the other RPM instructors don't have a gentle side, when actually, I think they all do, even though most pride themselves on "smashing it"!  Using the same analogy that I used for the Hutt girl, I like to think that if the MSD man and I were members of the alphabet in terms of personality, we would be quite near each other in terms of A-Z.  I really have no grounds for saying that other than the MSD man is quite quite and gentle, but also I think strong.  Today the MSD man mentioned "commitment".  That's a good word.  And touches on what I picked up on from the young American last week.

Commitment is a good word.  Commitment means you care enough about something or someone to invest in it or another person and make it work. Commitment takes time time and energy and lots of other stuff - but from commitment you get rewards.  The rewards are good, but actually I think the important thing about commitment is also the connection aspect. So "right here right now" I'm making a commitment to commitment!

This morning I had coffee with a reader of this blog who questioned whether it was my intention to blog weekly or every few days.  So "right here, right now" let me clarify that. Well, as of today I will be posting daily until Taupo is completed.  I'm doing this as a sign of commitment to the journey, plus there is actually still quite a lot of "real" as in a few personal viewpoints I want to comment on.  So, with daily posts, heaps of time to get to those.  I don't want to rush those posts off.  I'm still finding my blogging pattern, but Sundays will be definitely about the rides, and other posts will depend to a degree on what's happening with the bigger life journey.

I felt good about today's workout.  In terms of a RPM session, I didn't actually "smash" it.  But relative to having been on the bike for a few hours yesterday on the Sunday ride, it was good to be able to do a RPM session today and still feel like the body is making progress.