Diary Week
This week readers have been blessed with several diary posts from regular NashvilleCyclist.com contributors. Hopefully you have been visiting often to get your daily doses on the main site. If not you are woefully behind.
Daniel Matheny kicked it off early in the week with an update from Colorado talking about all the crazy snow storms in the region. Altitude is Daniel's newest weight loss plan, and it's shedding him down to numbers not seen since college (which isn't so long ago!). Yes, I know he's no longer a "Nashville cyclist", but don't be surprised to see him back sometime in the future.
Mountain bike extraordinaire turned cyclocross maniac Dustin Greer checked in with his latest adventures. We don't get an update on travels in the Green Goblin, but he does clue us all in to the fun at cyclocross races. He's hooked!
The more fascinating diaries come from Nashvillian Zach Bolian and Australian-part-time Nashvillian Jeff Hopkins. Zach discusses his reasons for a hiatus from cycling and gives some insights into the impact the sport has had on his young life. No sooner had I posted Zach's diary did Jeff publish his own thoughts about the expectations of a young talented rider, and how those expectations aren't always what's best for the athlete.
Then we find out what's really been going on Down Under, the Hop is on fire.
What Zach and Jeff discuss is something I have witnessed and experienced myself in another sport. For Zach and Jeff's brother they are either exploring or have realized something that takes most people well into their 30s or 40s to understand. For some athletes, regardless of age, it's not as rewarding or worthwhile to compete simply because you can and have the talent for it. There must be something deeper going on inside of you to push you and make you want to excel. Just because you have talent doesn't mean you are obligated to explore that talent. If that's where your head and heart lead you then so be it, but you shouldn't be chastised for not following the expectations others have for you.
Daniel Matheny kicked it off early in the week with an update from Colorado talking about all the crazy snow storms in the region. Altitude is Daniel's newest weight loss plan, and it's shedding him down to numbers not seen since college (which isn't so long ago!). Yes, I know he's no longer a "Nashville cyclist", but don't be surprised to see him back sometime in the future.
Mountain bike extraordinaire turned cyclocross maniac Dustin Greer checked in with his latest adventures. We don't get an update on travels in the Green Goblin, but he does clue us all in to the fun at cyclocross races. He's hooked!
The more fascinating diaries come from Nashvillian Zach Bolian and Australian-part-time Nashvillian Jeff Hopkins. Zach discusses his reasons for a hiatus from cycling and gives some insights into the impact the sport has had on his young life. No sooner had I posted Zach's diary did Jeff publish his own thoughts about the expectations of a young talented rider, and how those expectations aren't always what's best for the athlete.
Then we find out what's really been going on Down Under, the Hop is on fire.
What Zach and Jeff discuss is something I have witnessed and experienced myself in another sport. For Zach and Jeff's brother they are either exploring or have realized something that takes most people well into their 30s or 40s to understand. For some athletes, regardless of age, it's not as rewarding or worthwhile to compete simply because you can and have the talent for it. There must be something deeper going on inside of you to push you and make you want to excel. Just because you have talent doesn't mean you are obligated to explore that talent. If that's where your head and heart lead you then so be it, but you shouldn't be chastised for not following the expectations others have for you.
posted by NashvilleCyclist.com at 1/26/2007 09:58:00 AM
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