Day 2

Today was about toughness, not me but those around me. I am a wimp at heart. Not likely to take many risks and highly adverse to pain or injury. But almost to a person, everyone I ride with are gutsy and brutally tough. The injuries that they ignore and just ride through or the courage that they show when the chips are down. Some times when you hit a rough spot out on the road you can just keep pedaling and the feeling will pass but I am talking about when it just keeps hitting and hitting you resentlessly. I don’t think I have that kind of courage. Today I was in awe of Jeff. Wasn’t his day. He was getting crushed on the bike and there were a lot of miles to cover to get to Eureka. Most times in life we think about getting thru this day and regrouping to fight again tomorrow. But this was different. It was maybe 2 dozen tomorrows condensed into a couple of hours. How he does it or what he parses the pieces into is something I would like him to share with me. Quitting is so easy but it’s not him or the others out there on the road. He is a survivor and there is a reason. I’m hoping it contagious.