penny for a thought | Patrick on every & anything

Another thing I’ve learned during my (almost) 24 short years is that people are lucky to have at least one passion–something which forces us to go beyond our comfort zones, pain thresholds, laws of science, etc., just for the love of it. For some it’s children, others it’s nothing, for me it’s sport, cycling to be more precise. It’s what drives me, inspires and influences every piece of my life–from family and friends, to work and the pursuit of success…

The aforementioned was demonstrated earlier today while struggling for another hour of riding to complete our (David, Garren and I’s) 5-hour training goal. Riding up was the most convenient route to accomplish our goal, so up we went. Aside from a few scattered showers and temperatures near the high-30s, we were lucky to be dry at hour 4. Then, like the weather, our luck changed. The sky turned gray and everything around us became white. Snow was flying and the temperature was falling, it was chaos, so much that all we could do was smile and keep moving. Oh! And pray no drivers were dumb enough to be on our snow-dusted road, just cyclist.