Worth Thinking About.

"Some people are more talented than others. Some people are more educationally privileged than others. But we all have the capacity to be great. Greatness comes by recognizing that your potential is limited only by how you choose, how you use your freedom, how resolute you are, how persistent you are - in short by your attitude. And we are all free to choose our attitude." Peter Kostenbaumher

I often think of this quote as I get ready to go for a training ride. Many are the days that I procrastinate, think of other things I would rather be doing and tell myself "rational lies" as to why I don't need to do this today. It is at that point that I become aware of the patterns taking place and decide to choose a different attitude. It is amazing how easy it becomes when I get out of the negative and focus on the intended outcome. Other days all the planets seem to line up and it is effortless. The lesson for me is always be aware that the negative voice in my head is the voice of somebody from the past...it is not who I am!

Write a letter of protest!

From the mouth of Rob Ford, Toronto City Councillor
(Ward 2 Etobicoke North)

In the Toronto Globe and Mail on Saturday, April 14th 2007, this self-proclaimed car fanatic was quoted as saying,

“I can’t support bike lanes. Roads are built for buses, cars and trucks…My heart bleeds when someone gets killed, but it’s their own fault at the end of the day.”

Please contact him and let him know what you think! He can be reached at:

councillor_ford@toronto.ca

apask@toronto.ca

amatern@toronto.ca

Finally Warm Weather!

Had a wonderful ride last night along the waterfront. The Tommy Thompson Park provides a great ride of 10k...out and back...gets somewhat boring when you do it 7 or 8 times but at least the Canadian Geese and views break the ride up...no hills... which is nice... but they will have to become a definite part of the training.

Day By Day

Well I am riding my bike on a daily basis and have been able to manage a good ride each day so far this week. Some of them just an E for effort while other ones are very pleasurable...very reflective of things in my life :-)

I have passed the 100km mark with my rides and I look forward to reaching the 150km mark. It is a bit of a challenge to achieve high levels of km riding in the city so I concentrate my rides along the waterfront and the trail system there. Once I have completed my role as a teacher at the end of June I will begin to ride earlier in the day.