Well It has defiantly been tough trying to write about five
times a week with not too much going down other than a new weekly beer and a
couple of rides. I promise this should get better once the weather breaks and
the mud dries into ride able dirt.
So once again I find myself trying to wing it here. Mountain
biking is a lot like life. You can cruise through it, following the trail as it
winds and turns, having a blast, sometimes you have to crank it and go uphill,
huffing and puffing along the way (or at least if you are 40 like me sometimes
it is a bit of huffing and puffing)
Then once in a while life throws a tree root out in front of
you as you try and hit that switchback too quick, and BAM!
Not me but you get the point
You are airborne and
not in a good way, since you left the bike behind you. You may be lucky and hit
the dirt with minimal damage, or you may ricocheted off a tree and cut yourself
up as you try and slow yourself down.
Again just a random pic but this is what I feel like as it is happening
I can say that the few times I have wiped
out it is strange that it happens so fast yet it seems like everything around
you is in slow motion, well until impact.
And the impact is what changes us all. On the trail you are
probably going to approach that turn a bit different next time, with more awareness
and a little more skill than you approached with on that first try. In life
shit happens, sometimes it is a scratch other times a deep cut you get when
life sends you flying through the air and into a rough patch of woods.
OUCH!
The best
thing anyone can do is get back on the bike and try again. The past is the
past, you can’t change it, but you can learn from it. There is no one who has
rode through life without a fail, but there are those who ignore the fails (or
falls) and keep approaching the situation the same way over and over again,
with expectations that somehow the result will be different the next time. I am not trying to write a post with any type
of deep meaning here, just relating something I love with something I enjoy
deeply. I love my life, it is a gift to have the family and support in the good
and bad times. And Enjoy riding deeply, it is also a gift to escape once in a
while into the woods and challenge myself.
For once this is me
In all just remember when you fall down, pick yourself back
up, clean off the blood and dirt and keep riding. You may have to adjust your
approach a bit, but in the end you will be better for it. GO RIDE!!!
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