9/16

I think I can talk about my weekend now. No matter what you say or think you are doing, your body will tell the truth. I had high hopes of racing at Devil's Den and coming out of the ride ok. Well, my body just wasn't up to the rigors of trail riding. I DNF after the first lap. The body told me that my "training" was not enough to ride the way I like. The fix seems easy enough. Ride more often. I gotta get that figured out. Like everyone else in the world, I have a full time job, family, a part-time job, and countless other responsibilities. I am going to have to ditch something or somethings. Probably would not work out to ditch the full time job as it pays all the bills. Definitely not the family. The part time job is me trying to keep up with the book work at the bike shop. Maybe someday we can pay an accountant to do that part. Tthat would make my day. Sounds like the countless other responsibilities.

Now that I am over feeling sorry for myself, the weekend was a blast. The boys and I roamed all over the park on our bikes. We expolored some caves. We swam in some beautiful parts of the river near the park. What an adventure. You know what else? It was raining almost the whole time. The kids didn't even comment on the weather. Saturday night we all slept like babies. It rained so much that the park folks had to release water from the dam. Pretty cool to look at the river on Sunday and see how much it had risen. I love Devil's Den State Park!!

9/10

Life is moving, a non-stop race. Where is that moment of solititude? You know the one where you can sit and everything is still and you can be still, still of body and mind.

This coming weekend is the Arkansas State Mtb. Championships at Devil's Den State Park, and I cannot wait. the pics are all from last year's race weekend. Except for the massive air from the six-year old (now seven). I suppose I should wait and not wish my life away, but it will be nice to camp out and hang out with friends and family (ok, and the trees). There is supposed to be rain for the weekend, I think that will add to the peacefulness, force me to slow down and think.

Last night was so much fun. The fam played a rousing game of Monopoly. We enjoyed each other, not having the tv or the video games going made it the evening was the best part.

9/2

I was searching through old photographs to inspire me to ride more and came across this photo. This is quite a few years old, I was much skinnier and faster. At any rate, I love this photo. For me it is very zen. I am going crazy fast, but the pic is so peaceful. My most fervent wish is to make the time to really ride my bike again. To be able to feel I am at my best fitness wise. My pseudo training will go really well for a week or more at time, but then something always happens to take over my life. Today it was school meetings, usually it is not finding a babysitter. I know that I can do better. I suppose the question is will I find/make the time or will the time take over me.