Four MINUTES....I CAN'T QUIT NOW!

Pitiful!!! Just pitiful! You should have seen me riding early this morning at West Creek...18 miles in an infuriating wind that burst into gusts the weather folks said was about 25 or so mph at that time of day! A couple of times I was almost blown over! With the strong tailwind behind me I was clicking along doing 18 - 25 mph....with the headwind against me there were times I was only doing 6 mph! At one point I had my own “pity party” and told myself that I had bitten off more than I could chew doing this race. With my 54th birthday looming on 2/15...I starting thinking that maybe I’m getting too old for this...training is soooo hard sometimes! But, then in the next moment I remembered that about this time last year Matt’s biggest achievement was that he walked FOUR MINUTES on the treadmill. There is no way I could face him now and tell him, “I can’t do this.” I just have to work harder...like he did every day to recover to where he is now. I love you, Matt, and your indomitable spirit...you have no idea how much YOU inspire me! Bless you always! (P.S. My eyes are improving with every day...hooray!)