How old are you again?

My birthday came, and I wasn’t a year older.  I’ve already been a year older for the last 9+ months.
That is one of the oddities that comes with having a USCF racing license.  Your racing age changes on January 1st, not on your birthday.  Since being asked your age is most common in the racing [...]

Like greyhounds chasing rabbits

The curse of competitiveness.  Once switched on, it seems impossible to switch off.
You’re out on an easy recovery ride.  You rode hard yesterday.  Or you raced.  Or maybe you have a race tomorrow.  In any case, you don’t want to go too hard, so you’re just spinning around at 18mph.
Someone passes you.   With hairy [...]

We pay money to do this

Saturday night, stay home instead of going out. Pass on drinking that glass of wine. Go to bed at 10, anticipating the shock of the 5:30 AM alarm. Wake up bleary-eyed, down half a pot of coffee. Force yourself to eat though your stomach is saying, “not this early”. Head out [...]