Gary and Dice-K

These two have nothing to do with each other. Well except that Gary compared Arod to Lance and Tiger. I did not agree with this not because I was born into it, but because I feel the Yankee fans are justified in their booing Arod by lack of clutch performace. Dice-K pitches for the Sox and had his first outing yesterday. Thus connection made.

Gary has an interesting post on simplifying life, training and how to manage all this. This is definitely a struggle and makes me realize how easy it is to become self-absorbed by endurance sports. I see this a lot with cyclists and I know I get sucked into it sometimes. It can be difficult to keep up relationships and communication when you are tired and focusing so much energy on work and training. As Sleevie has observed, this can be difficult even if training is not part of the equation. It seems that he has regained that all important perspective.

Seeing friends having families, friends losing loved ones and someone I completely admire going through brain surgery, cycling suddenly seems so very trivial. Life is important and while this move is exciting, the thought of leaving friends makes it really tough. Be good to each other.