When it comes to racing with a family and full-time job, training is definitely not the hard part. Riding is fun and at least for me, riding hard is even more fun.
Working, time, money and resting are the hard part. To be happy and successful you first have to keep everything in perspective and realize most of our biggest commitments in life are all blessings in themselves. That's hard to do in the moment when you're tired and have 10 more things to get done on a busy day. And the culture around us only makes our stressful days seem even worse. We're all expected to work long hours and keep up with the Jones's, while only sharing things that make us look good on Facebook and everywhere else. Sorry if I sound like I'm preaching, but this blog is where I preach to myself and I struggle with this a lot (including the last couple weeks) so I'm going to preach some more.
Being driven to work hard and be successful at bike racing is a good thing. But only as long as you don't burn yourself out or hurt your relationships with the people you love. So when you're frustrated that things aren't going to plan, or you have too much going on to ride more, take a minute to BE THANKFUL. Be thankful that you have a job and income, be thankful you have a hyper kid to come home to and entertain after a long day, be thankful you're healthy enough to ride at all. THEN if you combine that attitude with some good planning you will definitely GET MORE OUT OF THE RIDING AND RACING YOU CAN DO.
With so many fast guys at the Whiskey 50, I had a good ride but it wasn't enough for a great result. Still had a great time with my girls!
