French Revolutions
Met with Jen, the regional fundraiser for the charity this week. Bless her, she was so patient with me, even though I was over a half hour late for our meeting.
She's been reading a book by Tim Moores, 'French Revolutions, Cycling the Tour de France.'
http://www.reviewstop.co.uk/French-Revolutions-Cycling-the-Tour-De-France_reviews_1936_1.html
Tim is a journalist who cycled the Tour De France route. Like me, he was new to cycling, and not particularly fit to begin with Many of his concerns, apparently, are akin to mine, but chaffing can go on the backburner - the one thing Jen said that looms large in my mind is BOILS!
At mention of said injury(which he saw, incidentally, not experienced), on a day when I was having an 'I can't cope' moment because I was running late for everything after childcare became an issue (a tiny blip caused by lack of sleep - normally I can juggle things without too much sweat), I offered to pay my sponsorship, forget riding and stay boil, chaff and accident free. In addition to not going through the pain, this option would allow me to stop angsting about my fitness level, free me from the impossible task of finding a few hours a day to cycle, and in general, be the much easier option.
Jen's having none of it!
Despite the fact that my marriage may go terminal if I don't devote some time to my poor abandoned husband, that my children may be in mortal danger if put them in one of those ridiculously tiny, low to the road cycle carriages, and I am physically in no state to undertake this ride, this goal, it appears, is not going to go away.
So I shall don my Linda Evans outfit (Wonderwoman, for anyone too young to remember) and carry on regardless.
And purchase a copy of the book in the hopes that it will provide some amusement and comfort.
She's been reading a book by Tim Moores, 'French Revolutions, Cycling the Tour de France.'
http://www.reviewstop.co.uk/French-Revolutions-Cycling-the-Tour-De-France_reviews_1936_1.html
Tim is a journalist who cycled the Tour De France route. Like me, he was new to cycling, and not particularly fit to begin with Many of his concerns, apparently, are akin to mine, but chaffing can go on the backburner - the one thing Jen said that looms large in my mind is BOILS!
At mention of said injury(which he saw, incidentally, not experienced), on a day when I was having an 'I can't cope' moment because I was running late for everything after childcare became an issue (a tiny blip caused by lack of sleep - normally I can juggle things without too much sweat), I offered to pay my sponsorship, forget riding and stay boil, chaff and accident free. In addition to not going through the pain, this option would allow me to stop angsting about my fitness level, free me from the impossible task of finding a few hours a day to cycle, and in general, be the much easier option.
Jen's having none of it!
Despite the fact that my marriage may go terminal if I don't devote some time to my poor abandoned husband, that my children may be in mortal danger if put them in one of those ridiculously tiny, low to the road cycle carriages, and I am physically in no state to undertake this ride, this goal, it appears, is not going to go away.
So I shall don my Linda Evans outfit (Wonderwoman, for anyone too young to remember) and carry on regardless.
And purchase a copy of the book in the hopes that it will provide some amusement and comfort.
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