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Do I Help?

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How much help do I give them? Parents, friends and bosses face this dilemma often.

Saturday morning group rides (bicycle/tri-bike) have a lot of drafting. A strong rider is in the front facing the head winds and the pack is behind staying in a “draft” with little resistance from the wind. Usually, everyone takes a turn pulling – leading the pack.

Weaker riders spend most of their time in the pack being carried by the stronger ones.

In a triathlon (swimming, biking, running) no drafting is allowed on the bike portion. It is all up to you.

And there’s the tension. Sometimes you need help and sometimes it is up to you…and sometimes you help them and sometimes you don’t.

The tension of “bearing another’s burden” and “carrying your own load” is reflected in the Bible as well (Galatians 6).

So what do you do? Well, it depends ……. I guess you will figure this one out by yourself … but at least you are on the bike and moving.

Sometimes it is fun just being a part of the group and doing more together and sometimes you need to run your race. Regardless – Ride!

Leave a good legacy.

Don’t Compare Run Your Race

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Comparison is dangerous.

Last weekend I went to a triathlon event with multiple races. I watched. Some took all day and others were less than an hour.

As participants finished a short race I noticed … tall, short, stout, skinny, young, old, moms and dads, some striving hard and others just surviving. A few had artificial limbs, most didn’t know anybody except for a friend or family member.

They just ran their race and they finished. Each one had their reason for running. If they had tried to copy someone else they would have been miserable and failed.

With over 500 participants I’m sure a few were disappointed in their outcome, but most have started telling the story of a completed race.

I can image the Monday morning stories of big waves and oppressive heat and the challenges they faced … but they lived to tell the story.

Leave a good legacy … run your race.