a wave of optimism

A long, long day today. Just like it happens in life as such, also in cycling we encounter the times when energy and spirit are close to vanishing, but we keep moving forward and we know that eventually it will get easier (at least the optimists do) and an award will be granted at the finish of this run. In life it may be a success in something, a promotion, a reached goal, a finished project, whatever worthy accomplishment you can imagine for yourself. In cycling these are the downhills and the sunny, warm, dry days + maybe the new tricks you finally learn. Only by riding bad roads on bad days, do we know what the good ones are and feel like. Keep pedaling, the better times, the better roads are ahead of you. [06.02.13]