Resetting my goals for 2022
In October 2021, I hit the pause button on my cyclocross season mainly due to the extensive family commitments that come with having 3 young kids (8, 11, 13). In the Fall, we are juggling tennis, soccer, x-country, school, and a number of other commitments that crop up on the calendar from week to week. It’s an especially stressful time for my wife who runs her own successful real estate business while juggling car pool duties and a hundred other things that demand her time. Having that kind of stress in the house while you are in your own world, focused on training and the next race simply isn’t tenable and ultimately not fair on everyone else who’s trying to make it all work. So, after just two races in the 2021 cx season, I pulled the plug. I told my coach I needed to stop for now, and even sold my cyclocross bike on the Pros Closet. As disappointed as I was, in a strange way, I was also relieved to let go of that stress. Driving my daughter to tennis on Saturday morning and help