WWJD?

Occasionally I seek inspiration from a higher source. Most recently this came during a bicycle ride. I was a little tired and the pavement tilted up slightly. The easy thing to do was to slow down and pedal a little softer. This was the path of least resistance. Eventually I'll talk more about this path, for now we'll just note that it is not the correct answer.

To find the correct answer I had to dig deep. I had to consider, WWJD, What Would Justin Do? Most of the time, the people I am surrounded by and interact with daily , aren't accustomed to pushing through self-induced physical pain. I had to seek help from a source beyond my normal everyday reality. I had to go back in time to the good ol' days, the salad days as they say.

Back 'in the day', if the plan was to ride 'cross bikes at 7am in December in the rain or snow, that's exactly what would happen when the person I was riding with was Justin. When the plan was to ride mountain bikes for 6 hours trying to connect the two large trail networks for the first time, that's exactly what Justin and I did. A six hour bike ride in the snow with windchill in the negative double digits was not cause for alarm, we were just happy the roads were clear enough to ride outside. There were no excuses, you just did it. This was the norm, my baseline, my frame of reference.



So recently, as I lost speed up the incline, I just had to pretend I was riding with you know who. Then I started pedaling harder and suffering more because that's the logical choice, that's just what you do. So now when I'm in need of divine inspiration all I have to do is ask myself, WWJD?