In another perspective

    I find that a time-to-time listening to sermons makes my rides so much easier. I see God in the beauty of the fall colors on my riding routes and in the kindness of people who wave when they pass.

I thank God too for the ability to ride. For legs that carry me--that I am able to do something that seems so simple, that so many people with disabilities can't do.

When I get to hurting during a long race or feeling like my lungs are going to explode at the end of a hard tempo ride, I think about the pain that Christ suffered for me when he died on the cross. Comparing my pain of tiredness to His pain when his body was broken-- That puts things in perspective for me.