A Struggle

The Ride: Sunflowers

Miles: 26.0

Time: 1:54

Ave. Speed: 13.8 mph

Weather: Ptly. Sunny, 75, Windy 10-15 mph

2018 Season Outdoor Miles: 1,030.7

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The Story

Do an image search on Google for 'uphill struggle' and THIS is the first picture that shows up...

Yup. That's about how it felt at times out there today.

Some days are just like that I guess.

To be honest, despite it being a nice weather day, for some reason I had no real desire to get out there. I had to drag myself into kit today, then struggled mightily into a steady 15 mile per hour wind all the way out.

There was nothing in the tank.

There was nothing in my head.

There was struggle.

Yet somehow I rode the 26 miles, not even treated to the view of the sunflowers toward the end since most of them have long bloomed at this point in the summer.

Sometimes you start out like I did today....in the dumps....but the ride 'comes to you', like race car drivers say about races some times.

But today the ride never came to me. I never felt it today. All I felt was a struggle.