Day 40: 21.0 miles/1:20 “Every day I accomplish something related to my goal, brings me that much closer to the success I envision for myself.” Today’s ride was less about 100 Pedals as it relates to my son and more about how difficult it was for me to get moving to fulfill the commitment. We […]
Day 39: 25.4 miles/1:32 “It is not where you start that determines your success in life, it is how you finish that defines your accomplishments.” When I was twenty-three (that was a few years ago now), I had finally finished college, was getting married, and was moving to Florida to teach high school history and […]
Day 38: 20.0 miles/1:10 “It’s all about the team, the team, the team.” ~ Bo Schembechler I will probably get kicked out of the Pittsburgh Steelers fan club but I was honestly very happy at the Green Bay Packers’ Super Bowl victory. This is a team that overcame more injuries than any other team all season […]
Day 37: 27.3 miles/1:38 “Only the concert pianist hears his clinkers.” Earlier this week I ran a workshop for a client on presentation skills. The most important objectives were related to overcoming nervousness. Most everyone in the group had this massive sensitivity around their fears and anxieties about presenting being apparent to everyone. Calming those […]
Here is where the story begins. It was a little over fifteen months ago when I discovered the severity of my youngest son’s heroin addiction–homeless, in legal trouble, and in jail. Over the last fifteen months, I have driven cross country twice to facilitate a change in his environment, dealt with him getting arrested again, endured […]
