Hello Everyone! Let me tell you all about to day ok? Well today started with us leaving Atlanta at 6:AM because we wanted to avoid the rush hour. Well we woke up to a very heavy rain which continued until about 1:PM. By the time I got in the trailer to eat at 1:Pm I had already changed 2 times into dry clothes! Well i was in the process of taking a nap after eating when this guy came up to me. His name is Bradley and let me tell you all...he is a machine! He asked me if I minded if he tagged along for a few miles. I had met him the day before while we stayed in the town of Helen and it just so happen he and his wife are from a town we were going through. So I was definitely excited that I was going to have a chance to chat with someone while on the road. Well, Bradley took the lead and he took me for the next 29 miles averaging 19 miles an hour!! So please give it up for Bradley and his wife Pam who represented for Tallapoosa Georgia every one! Well eventually Bradley and Pam had to stop and I was once more on my own. I continued ahead for another 11 miles and thought about stopping for the day. However I put a little bit of ice on a sore spart on my back (which was the main reason I wanted to stop) and kept going. So, now we are in Leeds Alabama, after 155 miles. Yes I know I said I would be trying to do 133 and even though at one point I consider stopping short of that, my mind and heart would not allow that. I know it may seem a little LOCO and I may pay for it later but I cannot help it. This is what I think: Some times we stop short of doing things we want because it is easier to try again later or because it may not be worth as much as we think it is a the moment.. No matter what, it is always worth it, trust me. The feeling, the knowing that the challenge is not what's in front of you (in my case the road) but you, everything that you are can be challenged by other forces human and not human but no one or anything should challenge you as hard as you can...and you should always come on top...that is why I did not stop until I knew the road was giving up ;)
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I'm so glad you met someone on the road!
ReplyDeleteONE HUNDRED & FIFTY FIVE MILES!!?
W O W.
I completely agree with you about not coming up short. I tell myself a lot that if I finish something later, it'll somehow be easier.
Not at all true, because most of the time, the benefits you receive internally from completing something you committed to, make it worth while in the end.
Dear Ascary,
ReplyDeleteWe hope you have a good ride and that you don't get hurt. We are reading about you every day in our class and tracking you on the map. The children hope your back feels better. The children also hope you don't fall off of your bike, but we are very happy that you are wearing your helmet! Liliana said to make sure that Kate follows you and doesn't get lost.
Love,
Liliana and her classmates