Bicycle Diaries
30 years riding, 15 years writing
Time to think
An hour and a half of just the wind blowing past.
When I go for a bike ride, I don’t carry a music device or a Bluetooth enabled phone, so it’s a long ride with nothing but my thoughts to keep me company.
I prefer it this way, since my home office is one of sensory overload, music coming from the computer, a television muted on some news channel, and a number of browser windows open to the Net at large.
On my rides, I want quiet, I want to shift down into slow mode and listen to my heartbeat. As my heart pounds out a rhythm, my mind analyzes the task I’m working on, or I may drift off into what if land.
When I get back to my office, I’m ready to tackle that task, knowing full well, I thought it out, every variable uncovered.
Coding to endorphins ;)
MTB: distance 19.11 miles, average speed 13.4 mph.
Charlotte, NC
Spent 10 years in Charlotte, a block away from an entrance to the McAlpine Creek Greenway.
Switched to a mountain bike from the road bikes I was accustomed to riding for 15 years.
The time spent on these trails was most appreciated.
Trek Fuel 70
