It amazes me how he does this with his little paws, folding the corners over neatly in a concentrated effort, taking great care to cover up properly and making a cute little parcel, wrapping his poo into our bathroom mat. I knew immediately, when I walked into the bathroom, what kind of present awaited me inside the crunched up fabric on the floor. He is such a gentle cat. So while Trouble relapsed and even went one step further with his number two, I listened to Dad and Alberto and went out for training rides - yes training rides! - on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The legs were so fresh after my involuntary taper that I even posted a few new best times, at Mt Coot-tha, Clear Mountain and my good old nemesis, a 900 meter incline of 8-9% on Eaton's Crossing Road.
The start of the 2.3 km Mt Coot-tha climb
The best thing was that I had a ball. I loved attacking the hills, enjoyed going hard and pushing the pace, was keen to pedal and got great pleasure from the view on the top of Clear Mountain and while I was standing there, soaking in the view over the Brisbane and Lake Samsonvale, legs still burning from the 14% gradient, heart still pounding from the effort, I knew I wanted to ride Mt Hotham again. 
View from Clear Mountain with Lake Samsonvale
I remembered the challenge Colin put to me a few weeks ago about writing down how I commit myself to ride Mt Hotham. While I was cycling back home via the quiet, undulating and rural Bunya Road I started thinking about the post.
It will be a worthwhile exercise and I started jotting my thoughts down today but right now I need to get some sleep so please stay tuned for my commitment shortly.
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9 comments:
sounds like a great ride is just what you needed! :)
Ah success!! Those days where you feel really strong are sometimes few and far between but they are great when they come. Congrats.
Judging by that view the juice was well worth the squeeze!
Good to see your mojo in flow!
sometimes you just need that little push, and BAM! it's back.
forget mr friel, your cat obviously knows a thing or two about motivation! glad to read such a positive post :)
...hey !!!...sounds like groover the caregiver & groover the kick ass cyclist have come to terms...w/ excellent results...props...
...but trouble will always be trouble & shit, unfortunately will always be shit...
On the bad days, you have to tap into those positive thoughts you had on the good days and use them to get through....just know that it always gets better!...It does
Groover,
I have two cats... one has the runs constantly.
-B
That Trouble, how creative, but do you think that he'd be that good if you asked him to wrap your Christmas parcels???
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