Cheating?
March 1, 2010
Another 2lb off this week. Good-o.
I’ve reached my target.
That’s roughly from Ipswich (20 minute drive north of where I live) on the South East Coast of Britain to Bristol on the Western coast almost bordering Wales, give or take a few km.
In total my challenge was 824 km from Colchester to Minehead and back again.
The original challenge was to cycle there before we went. I did it with weeks to spare. I’ve done the return journey with nearly three weeks to spare so that feels good.
I’ve actually done another 56km on top of that too. So I feel another challenge coming on.
My oldest son (6) raised an interesting question over the weekend.
“Mum, do you ever cheat on your bike?” He meant do I say I cycled more than what I really do.
The honest answer was a big fat NO! I then surprised myself with what I said in response.
“No darling, because the only person I would be cheating would be myself”
It was like the penny was dropping and the reasons I am working for all this was that much clearer. Only I can do this. I have to push myself. If I take shortcuts, if I mess up, the only person I am letting down is ME. I am not “cheating myself” I am being ruthlessly honest and it’s the secret behind my current success.
I can’t forget that.
However far I go, and however I feel on a bad day/week. I’ve made it this far and want to go further!
