Riding

Today was the first day this season that I got to ride my bike to work. It was a little chilly, I won't lie. More invigorating though. I love riding. I forgot how much I love riding when I was 16 or 17 and was blinded by hormones and beautiful women. I have almost been married now for 12 years and it has taken this long for me to get back into it more seriously. I have someone to ride with now that Chauntay has inherited an interest. She loves it about as much as I do. She's been maybe 3 times and she's already hardcore. I wish Jacob liked it more. He looks at it like it's a chore. I hope someday that all 5 of us will be able to go and enjoy riding as a family. And I hope to do it for a long while.

So last weekend I got all of my bikes and Chaunie's bike prepped for spring riding. It snowed. So I started to plan for this weekend and I even got a pseudo commitment from my friend Theon to go riding as long as it was on an easy trail. I was planning on riding the Shoreline Trail. Thursday and Friday it is supposed to rain and snow. Now I understand that it is March still but for crying out loud! I want to ride. That's why I said forget it I'm riding to work today. It may be the only riding I get to do this week. I guess I have to start looking at the next weekend for riding.

I love riding for a lot of reasons that everyone can probably agree with. I love riding because it's fun to ride through the forest or whatever and go fast and feel the adrenaline flowing through your veins. I love riding because it's good exercise. But my number one reason for riding is the calm that I get from riding. After a good long ride I'm tired, sore, maybe a little beat up, but I feel calm and fulfilled. There is nothing else that I can do to replicate that feeling. I feel good for the rest of the week. It's a week long high. I love it. It also keeps my kwirks in check. I am a lot happier, less anxious, and generally easier to get along with when I ride on a regular basis. If you have never ridden a mountain bike please try it once. Even if you go up to a ski resort and ride the lift up and ride your bike down because you don't want to ride up. Do it. You will not regret riding. If not riding, hike. Get back to nature. Commune. Enjoy. Meditate. And you will be a better person for it.

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