I will never be a professional mountain biker, that isn't the goal. But I got out there again and down and up the hill I wouldn't even try last time. This new adventure is about saying to hell with 42, trying something new, getting out there even in the winter (yesterday it was 65, okay, doesn't count) instead of holing up inside and complaining about the cold. It's about looking fear in the face, trying anyway and coming up on the other side.
We won't talk about how I almost took out my riding partner, yep, clipped her right in the side as I yelled, "i'mgonnarunintoyoui'mgonnarunintoyoui'mgonnarunintoyou!" and bam! I did as she stood there trying to catch me. At least she laughed. She said she thought I was going to stay on the trail. A good assumption (yes!), but she doesn't yet know who she's riding with.
I'm tired of being afraid, of limiting myself due to the little voices in my head that don't believe in me and tell me I can't. Yes, I landed on my ass once but I got back up. No I didn't make it up every hill but I tried every one, I made it over every log this time and worked on my technique and watched the pro and learned as I went. Isn't that what life's all about?
We won't talk about how I almost took out my riding partner, yep, clipped her right in the side as I yelled, "i'mgonnarunintoyoui'mgonnarunintoyoui'mgonnarunintoyou!" and bam! I did as she stood there trying to catch me. At least she laughed. She said she thought I was going to stay on the trail. A good assumption (yes!), but she doesn't yet know who she's riding with.
I'm tired of being afraid, of limiting myself due to the little voices in my head that don't believe in me and tell me I can't. Yes, I landed on my ass once but I got back up. No I didn't make it up every hill but I tried every one, I made it over every log this time and worked on my technique and watched the pro and learned as I went. Isn't that what life's all about?
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the last few posts have been amazing...keep going!
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