The Perfect Trail

Good morning. I am sitting behind a big plate of my patented potatoes turnover and just finished up a cup of joe. At the beginning of this racing season I had no idea if and how I was going to go to all the races. With my money situation it seemed impossible. Now that the season is winding down i can look back and learn that everything turned out ok.

Sometimes there is not enough money to pay all the bills and afford any luxuries. Luxuries like real Cyclocross parts! People tell me to make a budget, and I chuckle. The expenses that I need to pay for survival surpass the income.

I know many of you have lived through this kind of situation. This is not time to panic; this is not time to despair. Looking back to the start of the season I almost did, but in the end, like magic, I did indeed get to race.

Panic and desperation lead to bad judgement and desperate moves. This is the time to substitute desperation with a belief that all this turn out. It is time to take life one day at a time. It is time to use survival skills and know that my possibilities are not limited by the past or the present. Like in a race, at the beginning if you let desperation take over you'll have a bad race.

When you start looking down the trail at the things you want to miss you will find yourself hitting them all. On the other hand if you just look down the trail at the places you want to go you will have a much better experience. Money is a necessary part of being alive and living; so does the perfect trail!