Sometimes on a ride, there's no momentum, no rhythm, no cadence, no speed, no nothing. Tires feel flat but they're full. Flat stretches feel like steep inclines. Down hills feel like sitting still. I can't clip in, and worse, I can't clip out....
These are the no motion days, where I feel off and out of sorts. These are the days that used to get me down but now just remind me to regroup and evaluate: Weather? Could be. Not enough fluid. Not enough nutrition. Not enough clothing or maybe too much. Health? Could be. Not enough sleep. Asthma. Allergies. Getting sick. Too much fun the night before...too little...
Mostly, I now try to see it just as practice, all of it: life. Every day is just practice. It's all learning. I don't have to be the fastest, the best at anything or perfect. I just have to be and to learn from each moment so that I can learn some more. No great distance, no great speed, no great anything, just being, here and now, good and bad, motion or no motion.
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