A little Rant

It is such a great feeling to wake up the day after a long ride and to be completely refreshed. It's a dangerous thing too. All I want to do is go right back out there, get my bike dirty, have my legs ache, go to bed early and do it again tomorrow. However, I have to fight the urge and let those legs take the day off. Maybe I will go run. Maybe I will go swim. Both sound really good. Hmmm, whatever I do, I know I will have to hold myself back because I know I will go way to hard if I don't.
Anyway, thats not the main reason for this blog. The real reason is that I have been getting the same questions I got last year. Why do you do this? Don't you have a life? What do you do for fun? - These questions drive me NUTS!!! It implies that I a) don't have a life and b) do not enjoy doing these things. Sometimes I wish I could slap these people for insulting me in such a way. My question to them, that I wish I would ask more often, is what productive thing are you doing with your life? After all, and I may be a little biased here, I feel that those of us who compete in endurance sports are doing some of the most beneficial and healthy things we could do. We typically eat very well, exercise a lot and push ourselves to new boundaries, emotionally and physically.
Do I wish I could spend more time with my friends, absolutely unless of course all we are doing is sitting around. Then I would rather that they come out and do something active and rewarding with me.
Do I wish I had a relationship with a girl, again absolutely. However, it is hard to find someone who can keep up with my lifestyle and can understand the drive inside me. No way will I try to make a relationship with a girl who's main goal is to go out party and drink. I want someone who can enjoy life like it was meant to be, active. So until she shows up, I will be single, anyway its more time to train:)
And to answer why I do this, well unless you have experienced what it is like to go up to the wall of your limits and knock it down, then there is no way you could understand. All of you who have, know and need no explanation. There is no greater thing than to beat your own limits and discover that there is no limit unbreakable.

Ok, well I am done ranting for now. I will leave you all with a Happy Memorial Day and a farewell til next post. I think I will go swim by the way.