Sunday 23 June 2013

Back in the groove

Sad to say it's been a while since I did a blog on my personal page, safe to say they're just as hard to start as ever. Anyone who knows me (apologies if you do) knows I love a good ramble and a rant, once I get going you'll have trouble stopping me, it's the getting going that's hard work.

It's been a fairly trying first half of the year to say the least, as things currently stand however, things are going well. I'm happy, but then again, I'm very rarely unhappy. Beryl, Carol, Enid, Dorithy, Joe, Bill, Frank, Len, Brian and all the other old people who I chat to every day when they come into work to buy their morning paper all say the same; they don't need to ask how I am. If the answer is anything but cracking, fantastic, very well or super, they know something is seriously wrong.
Danum Trophy
My racing is going well, I know my form is coming good and I'm very happy with everything at Biketreks. I'll be doing a race report on the team website next week so keep a look out - http://biketreksracing.com/. My friends are all back from uni after exams which is great because as much as I love cycling, sometimes it can all get a bit much and you need a bit of down time with your best mates, wearing their mums cooking aprons... parading round the kitchen with a big pizza and a can of coke. My sister's back from uni (FOREVER!) tomorrow which I'm super happy about, she absolutely smashed her exams and ended up with a first in BioChem, she'll be the first (lol, first) to admit she's not naturally super intelligent like some, instead she spends hours on end studying like a trooper, working damn hard for what she wants. Some days I'd complain about a morning on the bike... she'd be not even halfway through a 13 hour day in the library.
Sis
I've been very fortunate in the past few weeks and months to meet some very funny, informative and fantastically beautiful people. One works in a bike shop in Chester, another has bossed about the best riders on the UK scene, and another lives just down the road. These are just a few among many others. I've learnt this year that if you stand still for just a second, you're not necessarily moving backwards, but everyone is soaring forward around you. Quickly before I forget, shout out to Mike Cuming who recently won overall in the Tour of Korea, officially the most humble guy I've ever met, always talkative and hella strong too. Also if you haven't heard of 'The Sound You Need' then check them out on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/thesoundyouneed1?feature=watch cant stop listening to them at the moment!

I'm so grateful to have met so many new and positive people this year. Friends, family, happy faces, hysterical laughter, burning lungs, pulsating hearts, screaming legs, going the park with the lads and scoring a screamer. These are the things that make life worth living. This isn't a dress rehearsal for after you die, you're nobodies cheerleader, you're your own dream-maker. 

Tom