I'm bringing theckthy back

I got shit to do.

I've unburied my bike room from underneath the piles of smelly sleeping pads/bags, tent, clothes... smelly fog.  Time to get back to work (my other work).

photo cred: Steve Barker /Icon Media Asheville

Part-time pro wheelie instructor.

My two issues to sort out...

The prescription riding glasses.  Dunno what to do about that.  To get my brain/eyes to adapt to the aberrations, I need to wear them more.  They are a PITA at work though, and my eye doc told me I don't really need to be wearing corrective lenses on the job anyways.  Gotta figure that out somehow.

My injury.  Yesterday was a pretty good day at my occupational hazard... I mean, "job."  I'm almost getting back on (undismounting) the tarck bike like a normal person again.  Thinking maybe this weekend, I might be able to ride a mountain bike... as long as it's not Pisgah gnar.

I was originally bummed about not being able to do the Pisgah Enduro™ and having nothing on the schedule until the Wilderness 101, but now I think I'm grateful.  I've got plenty of time to "rebuild," and I can honestly feel a lack of fatigue and a certain desire to ride a bike.  This would be whatever the opposite of "burn out" is, I guess.  No idea what it's called.  Not used to feeling it in June.

So anyways, I decided that I would use that certificate I won (before I wuz ded) at the Trans-Sylvania Epic for some free ESI grips (grips I would buy anyways) to serve as a reminder that I ain't ded (yet).

I used to run white Racer's Edge grips, got sick of cleaning them, started using black, and I'm hoping that when I look down at this change in grip hue, I'll remember that I can get back to where I was...

all I need to do is recognize change when it happens.

Somewhat appropriate that the next time I try to make great bike race, I'll be in the same neck of the woods (State College'ish) when I laid it over a couple weeks ago today.

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