The Collapse of Will

“The Collapse of Will” … that’s what you get when all the possible excuses combine in the same space and time.

Here are the ingredients:

• Early morning ride (getting up at 4:45 am)
• Long work day (8 am – 9:30 pm)
• Skipped breakfast (unintentional)
• Salad for lunch
• Get home from work at 9:30 pm
• Make a 20 minute call to the credit card company because of an unauthorized charge
• At 10 pm, knowing I’m going to bed soon, I snack on 3 small wedges of Laughing Cow cheese.
• In bed by 10:45 and asleep by around 11.
• Alarm goes off at 4:45 am
• It is really dark outside.
• I got up and tried to get ready and all that resulted was going back to bed until 6:30.

Yes, nutrition failure, sleep deprivation, and long work hours can make it hard to ride.  I’ll do better tomorrow.