#30DaysOfContent Day 3

#30DaysOfContent
Day 3
I started with a path down eastern philosphy.  I would like to return to that path before this month is up.
I also didn’t link to anything or post pictures or hide behind color or italics or deep punctuation.  I have references to most of what I cribbed and will probably come back to it and annotate it later.
But for today.  I want to continue down the path of CONTENT which is what this experiment was designed for.
Last post, I talked about living in the present.  But in this day and age of twitter and facebook and whatever other collaboration internet tools you use, the present is not PRESENT.  But more a leveraged opportunity to shout out to others what you are doing.
I started this project to have something to say.  And ironically, it started with something to say about nothing.
So what today?  Choices.
This past week was (ok, for bike geeks) a good week with the tour of the gila happening in New Mexico.  This is the 24th Tour there.  And it was pointed out that local stud has been doing it non-stop for the past 16 years.
His first one was in 1997.
My first Tour of the Gila was in 1997.
How different our lives were.  And have been since.
In 1997, I got my category 3 upgrade.  I wanted to race hard.  I wanted to see the real races.  I wanted to see what fast was.
I went to two big races in 1997.  In addition to Gila, I also did Killiington Stage Race in Vermont.  I was about as thin as I have been ever in 1997, and still the hills handed my ass to me.  The stage race had climbs of sustained 20% grades.  The TT was uphill.
I learned a lot.  And I struggled emotionally as my then girlfriend and now wife went with me to that race.  She was ill and still wanted to be there with me.  I was thankful she was there.
I did Gila one more time the next year.  Again, I did not finish.
And then I made some choices in my life.
These choices have had dramatic impacts on where I am today.  What my situation is.  And what the future could hold for me.
But I made them.  With full cognition of what I was choosing and where it might take me.
-g

#30DaysOfContent

Day 3

I started with a path down eastern philosphy.  I would like to return to that path before this month is up.

I also didn’t link to anything or post pictures or hide behind color or italics or deep punctuation.  I have references to most of what I cribbed and will probably come back to it and annotate it later.

But for today.  I want to continue down the path of CONTENT which is what this experiment was designed for.

Last post, I talked about living in the present.  But in this day and age of twitter and facebook and whatever other collaboration internet tools you use, the present is not PRESENT.  But more a leveraged opportunity to shout out to others what you are doing.

I started this project to have something to say.  And ironically, it started with something to say about nothing.

So what today?  Choices.

This past week was (ok, for bike geeks) a good week with the tour of the gila happening in New Mexico.  This is the 24th Tour there.  And it was pointed out that local stud has been doing it non-stop for the past 16 years.

His first one was in 1997.

My first Tour of the Gila was in 1997.

How different our lives were.  And have been since.

In 1997, I got my category 3 upgrade.  I wanted to race hard.  I wanted to see the real races.  I wanted to see what fast was.

I went to two big races in 1997.  In addition to Gila, I also did Killiington Stage Race in Vermont.  I was about as thin as I have been ever in 1997, and still the hills handed my ass to me.  The stage race had climbs of sustained 20% grades.  The TT was uphill.

I learned a lot.  And I struggled emotionally as my then girlfriend and now wife went with me to that race.  She was ill and still wanted to be there with me.  I was thankful she was there.

I did Gila one more time the next year.  Again, I did not finish.

And then I made some choices in my life.

These choices have had dramatic impacts on where I am today.  What my situation is.  And what the future could hold for me.

But I made them.  With full cognition of what I was choosing and where it might take me.

-g

| May 5th, 2010 | Posted in 30DaysOfContent |

Comments are closed.