I thought you might want to know more about my last 2 days of training rides....you know the mph, the distance, the heart rates and zones......yeah right. I know what you really want to know........What do you do when you breath in a bug at 20 mph? The answer is cough and hack until it either finishes its journey down, or you are lucky enough to get it up and swallow it. The fact is, sometimes things get stuck where they don't belong, and can cause major havoc until you get rid of it.
I have found sin in my life to fit this pattern. It seems that I can't get comfortable with it, until I get rid of it. Oh yeah, I can bury it or perhaps cough it up and swallow it, but there is something very unsettling about knowing it is still there. The only thing that will really make me feel better, like that bug, is to be absolved of and from it.
As I rounded the last turn before my subdivision tonight I had just such an experience. I am sure all the motorist thought, look at that pathetic guy coughing up his lungs and trying to ride that bike. They probably thought I was a smoker out to get a little exerice. Somewhere a mile or so down the road I got it out, and life on the road got back to normal.
Do you have things in the middle of your life that just don't belong there? Take it from me, you won't get comfortable until you get rid of it.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Training Update
Recently I have been riding my mountain bike on the road to prepare for my trip. My touring set up is much like a mountain bike configuration. Plus, mountain bikes are heavier. Today, I got out the road bike just to change things up. Wow, I should have trained on my mountain bike when I was racing. It was like pedaling a feather!
I actually put down about 28 miles at race pace, which doesn't sound like much, but it is not bad for my current fitness. I didn't wear a heart rate monitor but I could tell I was on the edge of my anaerobic threshhold for the entire ride. Now, that information won't mean much to anyone other than obsessive compulsive cyclists. But the point is that I felt I huge since of affirmation that I can actually pull this tour off, bad neck and all.
I am on a big kick right now with God. I just want to do stuff in my ministry life where I see him already working. Truth is, however, this ride is a bit selfish. There was no great prayer vigil that went into doing this ride. I have found great reasons to do it, like supporting the Atlanta Dream Center. But it started as a simple idea to test myself. Frankly, I have had my doubts. This ride involves alot of weight over a lot of mountains. But today, I felt God's affirmation that He wants me to do it, and that through His strength I can do it.
That has me fired up and motivated.
I actually put down about 28 miles at race pace, which doesn't sound like much, but it is not bad for my current fitness. I didn't wear a heart rate monitor but I could tell I was on the edge of my anaerobic threshhold for the entire ride. Now, that information won't mean much to anyone other than obsessive compulsive cyclists. But the point is that I felt I huge since of affirmation that I can actually pull this tour off, bad neck and all.
I am on a big kick right now with God. I just want to do stuff in my ministry life where I see him already working. Truth is, however, this ride is a bit selfish. There was no great prayer vigil that went into doing this ride. I have found great reasons to do it, like supporting the Atlanta Dream Center. But it started as a simple idea to test myself. Frankly, I have had my doubts. This ride involves alot of weight over a lot of mountains. But today, I felt God's affirmation that He wants me to do it, and that through His strength I can do it.
That has me fired up and motivated.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
I Have a Dream
I dream of people of all races living in the equality and freedoms envisioned by our Founding Fathers. But, from where did these most radical thinking men come up with such "enlightened" ideas? Indeed, notions of liberty and freedoms were not at all a new idea. They came from another radical that lived over 2000 years ago. His ideas were so radical that it cost him his life. Many of our Founding Fathers paid a similar price. Do such men walk the earth today?
Yes, they do....men such as Paul Palmer at the Atlanta Dream Center http://www.atldreamcenter.com/, and the many young people he mentors. They inspire me to live boldly for a radical dream, birthed by a radical man, and fostered by radical humble servants throughout the generations. Interestly enough, Paul established his church right in the heart of the 4th Ward in Atlanta.....a place festering in crime, drugs and poverty.... a place where most people in Atlanta painstakingly avoid.....a place which birthed another radical who gave his life in the name of radical humility. Martin Luther King.
I am blessed to be sponsored by Paul and the Atlanta Dream Center. In early May I will establish a way you can give to the Dream Center through sponsorship of this ride. All the proceeds will go directly to the Dream Center. I have a dream.........and you have a part to play.
Yes, they do....men such as Paul Palmer at the Atlanta Dream Center http://www.atldreamcenter.com/, and the many young people he mentors. They inspire me to live boldly for a radical dream, birthed by a radical man, and fostered by radical humble servants throughout the generations. Interestly enough, Paul established his church right in the heart of the 4th Ward in Atlanta.....a place festering in crime, drugs and poverty.... a place where most people in Atlanta painstakingly avoid.....a place which birthed another radical who gave his life in the name of radical humility. Martin Luther King.
I am blessed to be sponsored by Paul and the Atlanta Dream Center. In early May I will establish a way you can give to the Dream Center through sponsorship of this ride. All the proceeds will go directly to the Dream Center. I have a dream.........and you have a part to play.
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