The hill

Last night I thought a lot about "the hill".  Deconstructing in my head various aspects.  So it was a restless night.  Not assisted by the deposit of a mouse in my bed by Ali - which necessitated (me) catching the said mouse, (with an empty cereal box) and then oh, no it disappeared :-) (into the wheely bin!).  And then a few hours later repeating this process when another mouse appeared in my bed.  (note, these mice are outsourced, as opposed to house mice :-) 

Also, today I thought quite a lot about the hill, and my time.

Then viola, on the train ride home: I had an ephiphany.  It's all about the ride and finishing.  It's not about the race.  It felt to look out over the Hutt/Upper Hutt roads, and Silverstream, and know I had ridden that distance yesterday.

To be fair, I may have been recieving messaging from the "universe" along these lines that has prompted this ephiphany!  The finishing aspect is important.  I can satrt projects, make real good progress, but am not always a finisher.

I've accepted its all about the ride, not the race and it feels ok.  I still want to achieve the best I can.  But that will be the best I can over the next two weeks and then on race day.

I've finally booked my bike on for Wednesday to have the computer affixed, a maintenance check, I'll have the tyres checked, and will also have my cleats changed.

All about moving forward :-)

Worked out with the hankerchief man today - Mr A had gone AWOL.  Mr hankerchief man is so named because it appears he wears a hankerchief on his head.  I've only ridden one other ride with him.  That time I thought he was a bit arrogant so have avoided his classes.  But today he seemed ok.  It was quite a good workout actually.  That's why everyone needs a second chance eh?, and you need to be careful not to judge people :) 

Motivation is high.  That's a good thing.