Traveling Well

“It’s about the journey, not the result.”

Thursday’s ride was about as routine as it gets. Pretty straight roads, wide shoulders, a fair amount of traffic, hills were long and gradual—I hardly shifted gears during much of the ride.

Friday brought country roads, absolutely no shoulders or traffic, and steep hills. I either crawled up difficult inclines or flew downhill.

Funny piece of data—on both rides my average speed was exactly the same and both ended at the same destination. Same result, but vastly different rides.

Thursday was all about rhythm and consistent cranking. Friday alternated uphill struggles with downhill thrills, with no sense of rhythm at all.

This project reinforces my conviction that traveling well matters. The destination, the result, the finish line—those are markers. But life happens on the road.

Getting there is great, but getting there the right way, enjoying and learning from the journey, are the things that make getting there worth the effort.

This dream isn’t about getting somewhere.

It’s about what happens while we’re going.

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Apologies to those who’ve been trying to follow us via the GPS page. Frankly, the SPOT CONNECT device has been pretty unreliable and disappointing. We’re still working on it, but I’m sure glad I’m not depending on this thing in a life-and-death situation.