My friend O is 11 and newly in
possession of a spiffy road bike.
Pedaling is old hat—she has been riding tandem with her dad for a long
time over long distances. It is,
however, different, when one is in charge of one’s own bike. It takes some time to learn about
steering and pacing and braking and the always-crucial timing of calling out to
pedestrians and bikes before passing.
She practiced all of those things when we rode (almost 15 miles, with
some small hills) yesterday and did a fabulous job.
This morning, off I went to spin
class. I have my own batch of
things I am learning and I figured one of them out today. More accurately, my body found the way
to execute what my mind couldn’t properly explain to it. I grinned like a kid at recess.
Sometimes learning takes a while,
but it is always worth it.
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