FCBA Day 48- Gooding to Mountain Home Idaho

 

Not long ago the idea of riding an average of 75 miles a day seemed more than challenging. Now it is routine, and if the ride is shorter than that it is a bonus. Today was a bonus day at just around 65 miles. We are at the Mountain Home First Congregational United Church of Christ and have already returned from showers at the local high school, and it’s just 2pm. Ride map and stats

By now the riders are as accustomed to this as they will ever be. Some have struggled along but now show far more stamina and speed, so now we seem to have some up and coming challengers for the front position. I think is wasn’t so much physical ability as it was gaining confidence and honing technique for some of the younger riders I’ve been leaving behind up until now. They’ve had the ability all along but needed this to shed the doubt in themselves.

That is life, though, isn’t it? Whether we choose a challenge or it is thrust upon us and we prevail we can be quite surprised. Think about an incident or trial in your life that made you stronger, and then examine the difference of who you were before, and after. You’ll probably find in most instances that the only difference is the experience between the timid one before and the champion after. You are the same person, and have been all along, possessing all that is necessary to accomplish all you imagine and more.

You have a dream and you have this moment. Start now and move closer to realizing your life’s goal. Act with urgency, even if you don’t know how you will accomplish it, for God knows your heart’s desire and will make it so. That is how I got here to Mountain Home, Idaho. It was just a whim too long ago that brought this reality today.  

                         There's no place like Mountain Home.