Comments on: Emotion: An Insight

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:10:33 +0000

I know what you mean. I took up competitive stair climbing, and it’s made me a better bike rider. Not because it made me stronger or anything like that. Just because it’s easily the hardest and most painful thing I’ve ever done. So now when I’m riding up a big hill, I’ll just think, “Wow, this doesn’t hurt anything close to stair climbing. I can go faster.”

By: @terrysrunning

@terrysrunning — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:04:47 +0000

Great post, as usual. I loved how you described feeling better on a bike, even if it’s a crappy day. I’m the same way; I’m always happy to be on a bike. I also run, and I’m not always happy to be running, unless it’s on trails. I’m always happy just to be on a trail. So, try more trail running, maybe it’ll help. Then, if you have to walk, it’s not “walking”, it’s “hiking”, so it’s still fun :-)

By: Shep

Shep — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:54:49 +0000

Great blog Fatty. I have friends who come to me and want to start riding a bike again. I tell them that we can start off easy, maybe a slow-paced 20 miler. For me, it’s a warm-up ride. To them, it’s like asking them to climb Mt. Everest. I remember my ex brother-in-law, and how although he wasn’t book smart, he could tear down an engine and rebuild every bit of it in his sleep. When it came to mechanics, I was the one in the dark. Yet he always felt like I was so much smarter than he was because I had an education. I never tried to make him feel that way, and always told him “it all depends what you’re talking about as to how smart someone is”. The same applies to athleticism. I may be getting pretty good on a bike, but when it comes to other forms of cardio, I’m a newbie. Humility is a great thing, it reminds us to treat everyone with respect, or at least it should. Because we never know when we’re going to be the one who is crushed, totally defeated by the task at hand, and when that happens, hopefully the person/people with us will be understanding and encouraging.

By: Mellabella

Mellabella — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:46:20 +0000

I read this to my husband because I thought it was sooo funny. He just looked at me and cocked his eyebrow….apparently I need to “put a sock in it” as well.

By: Rob L

Rob L — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:20:44 +0000

Wow! I’m inspired Fatty. I wish I could learn life lessons through listening/reading, but alas I’m condemned to only learning thru experience. Oh well.

Tandem’s – Just say no. Also to duo kayak’s and canoeing.

By: daddystle

daddystle — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:13:05 +0000

a little humility makes us better people, The odd mistake helps too. Good stuff, thx Fatty

By: The Bikinator

The Bikinator — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:09:00 +0000

I had those moments of utter devastation when I moved up to the elite women’s mountain biking class. I went from winning to “back of the pack”. What a blow to my ego.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:31:38 +0000

@Centurion…that made me belly laugh. A good, hearty belly laugh at 0730 in the morning!! Thank you!!! I would never say “I hate you,” but my beloved and freakishly strong husband has heard “f**k you” on more than one ride.

Running is for life and death situations only.

By: davidh-marin, ca

davidh-marin, ca — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:35:43 +0000

The foreshawdowing in this story came earlier than the ’side note’:

“….Yes, I was both faster and had more endurance. She and I both knew who the alpha rider was, and that was me…”

Did we all notice the use of the ‘past tense’;
was, and had. How’s that going now?

And @spiff A tandem, really? Don’t you know the old maxim? “A tandem is the LAST bike a married couple will ever get”

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:07:28 +0000

Kind of how a new assignment at work has made me have a new perspective for what I had.