Patience isn\’t always about endless waiting, and constantly checking your watch.

\”All things come to him who waits,\” the old saying goes; but it often takes longer than we like!

Improving as a cyclist certainly takes patience, as well as determined effort. It\’s taking me a very long time to improve my pace; and maybe it\’s because I don\’t work at it hard enough, often enough!

I often remind myself that, after all, I\’m not training for racing; but if I want to do my long rides in less time, then of course I need to be faster! I must remember, though, that it won\’t happen overnight; a little at a time is the way to go.

I also need more patience with myself when it comes to my diet. Prediabetes is looming again; and it\’s very hard to manage my eating. A major problem is eating enough without overshooting my carb count. Often I feel rather hollow; and I can\’t haul my kitchen along to work!

If I get hungry at work; and have run out of what I brought from home; junk food is often the only option. Junk food means tons of simple carbs; and I don\’t need those. Then I get annoyed with myself for blowing my diet; and that\’s a big reason I wish I could retire. I could manage my diet much better when I was still on work-from-home.

Cycling should help with the prediabetes; and it will also help me to get my weight back down. Again, that requires patience. Neither my weight nor my A1c levels will drop overnight; but I\’ve really got to work at getting both of them down.

Waiting for Fall

We\’ve got to have a bit of patience with the weather, too. We\’re still waiting for Fall! Thursday night it\’s supposed to drop to 57 degrees; and that\’s the first real Fall weather of the season. It seems to come later every year! Global warming, I guess.

Temperatures in the 50s mean I need leg warmers; jacket; possibly the vest; and my skull cap. And riding in the cold means I lose patience with my nose! If I could run like that, I\’d be a champion marathoner!

But before we get those Fall temperatures, we\’ll have a rough patch tomorrow. The forecast says, T-storms from late morning; and some might be severe. I hope I get to ride in the morning!