Reset?

 Yeah, two mtb rides in the woods and I'm feeling good.

is it really that simple? 

Perhaps.

There's still a fuckton of shit going on. But manageable? Maybe? And we're probably tired of turkey. A 30# bird as a LOT of meat on it. A lot. 

But it is good and all that.

There's this guy out there. He's literally one of the best people I've ever met. Like up there with Mark Nicholson. Genuinely and literally the best. Kind, generous, understanding, loving, and fast. And all bikes.

He showed up in the memorable Geekhouse kit in NECX in 2011. A bit after the establishment was established but he was immediately embraced. 

And was routinely embraced, literally. He is just as much about the hugs as I am. 

He gave me shit that first CX season I was sober, rightfully so but also in a way that was supportive. Like Hey you dummy I've  been sober for [however old he was that year] but also with a good bit of I'm proud of you and am happy you've chosen that path and I'm here for you.

I've written about it here, but that ride last year at Crosstobeerfest. After my dad passed. We had a few chats off the course but that lap we rode together, side by side, talking about our dads, about how similar it is. Literally his reason for being there was to spend some of the last time with his dad. I had just gotten back from saying goodbye to mine. I've always felt connected and a shared something with him, maybe just out love of bikes, or maybe it is that spark that he has, that Mark had, that I connected with and not so much fed off of but being around him, just seeing him, was SUCH a positive boost, couldn't help but be a better person for just seeing him. 

Anyway, there are a lot of vloggers out there, and my habit of cranking the speed up finally met a match. And actually it isn't surprising. This 'episode' was just Bradford Smith talking. I tried to follow some of DK's earlier stuff but subject matter is important. And this subject talks fast enough that I could comfortably listen to him at normal speed. Rare.

Usually I'm "SPEED UP STOP TALKING SO SLOWLY" and then bump up the playback speed. not here.

Take a dose of life advice and maybe get a super SUPER tiny glimpse into what makes Bradford Bradford. This video needs to be 10x longer to even scratch the surface. See if you can catch the Matt Roy reference.

 

I'm doing better today, hoping it lasts. Riding in the woods on the MTB with fast friends is good medicine it seems.

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