my bike, headphones, water and helmet.
just me, my thoughts and a trail.
i know ive been putting time off for me lately. ive been too busy playing "catch-up" with life that it seems like ive forgotten to just sit and breathe.
im an expert at avoiding all that i have stirring in my head. all the things that im figuring out i cannot avoid any longer. things that have done nothing but become sandbags tied to my feet.
i have to keep moving forward.
half way through my ride, i pulled off the trail and down to the river. leaned my bike against a tree and
just sat. alone. it was perfect.
i think i rode just under 11 miles and somehow, when i turned around to finish up my ride i realized that i was going so much faster than i had been going the entire first half of my ride. it had nothing to do with the grade of the trail, catching a "second wind" or even figuring out which gear to be in.
i felt lighter.
just taking time to really be present and allow myself to really breathe somehow shed some of the weight that i (and only i) keep allowing myself to carry around every single day.
i couldn't stop smiling.
and i didn't want to stop riding.
