Let the rain wash away your sins...

Today's ride was a small snapshot of the work ahead when I return to the Pacific Northwest next month.  Yet, there is a strange satisfaction in denying (more like delaying) gratification and earning that extra dessert. 

These days (we can make a choice)...

Are you the optimist or the pessimist in this song?

Which do you want to be?

Will you take action to make it so?  Is your inaction an act?

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OWgxqoGedE

Baseline

Sometimes it's necessary to take a few steps back to take a bigger step forward. 

It looks like 2013 might start a few weeks/months behind due to some long-term health issues I'm resolving. 

Needless to say, I still feel pressure to perform.  Of course, it's all self-imposed so I'd better put it behind me and be patient and persistent.

Of course, I think this guy makes the look more badass:

I'll work on it!

Using the gifts we've been given...

I've been reflecting on sport and its place in my life a lot recently. 

Hopefully, I can use the gifts I've been given to help a few less fortunate.  For 2013, Team 4Mil and the Race Across America (RAAM) are my outlet.  The goals are really quite simple:

1.  Use cycling as a vehicle to help wounded veterans recover from physical and emotional injuries.
2.  Raise funds to get an 8-man wounded veteran Team to complete RAAM 2013.
3.  Have our 4-man competitive Team win RAAM 2013.

Of course, like all goals, they are completely dependent upon execution.  More to follow!