Anticipation

I'm starting to get stoked for the first local outlaw race, the so called SLO Roubaix as it is held the same day as the real Roubaix. This morning I wasted a happy few minutes looking at photos from Paris Roubaix and it got me really excited about the race and our own little local homage to it. What was particularly inspiring about the photos was the number of racers with looks of absolute misery and exhaustion on their faces. It reminded me that these guys despite their strength are not super human and that the essence of bicycle sport is the ability to withstand suffering.