| It was cold that night, but I did not care, I only cared | | | | thoughts of quitting. I was riding thru Big Sur at |
| about one thing staying focused and not quitting. | | | | Sunrise now to complete the trek on my way into |
| Indeed I had already ridden thru Oregon and along | | | | Santa Ynez. |
| the Northern California Coast and then the Russian | | | | That morning I woke up figuratively still on the bike, |
| River and thru San Francisco in 3 days and I was | | | | knowing that there is nothing in life you cannot do |
| now on an extremely long ride trying to force | | | | and as I crested the hill of another cove on that |
| two-days of riding into one trek. | | | | two-lane highway, I felt like I was riding thru a |
| I honestly believe and well I know for a fact now | | | | "Successories" poster picture in someone's office. But |
| that indeed human intent and will, with proper | | | | it was real life and there I was in the photo. |
| strategy and a little planning ahead and that you are | | | | I now know now that victory and success go to |
| as good as Gold. In fact I forgot about time during | | | | those who perservere to go beyond what they said |
| that ride, as I put in one leg of 272 miles non-stop. | | | | could not be done. I mention this to you my fellow |
| Riding thru the night listening to nature; coyotes, owls | | | | cyclist and wish you well and if you believe that there |
| and critters in the bushes as the wind howled | | | | is nothing you cannot do in this life then you are |
| sometimes in my face other times at my back on | | | | 110% correct and God's Speed on your next race! |
| the long slow “S-turn” road, it hit me, as | | | | Consider this in 2006. |
| I was beat and fatigued, but had absolutely no | | | | |