What is it with these numbers? Tomorrow I am riding my bike 65 miles with a bunch of other people. It’s the Ride 2 Recover ride at Crane.
This is the elevation chart for the first 50 miles. The last 15 are essentially the same.
It’s not quite as bad as it appears, but it is hilly and will be hard.
There are a lot of similarities between a ride like this and life. Sometimes you fly down the hills with exhilaration, but then you must slowly and painfully grind your way up another hill.
Then you go back down. Then back up.
It’s so much easier when you ride in a group. It’s hard to do this by yourself.
It’s wonderful when you take a break every few miles and people provide some encouraging snacks. It’s fuel for the ride and an anticipation of the big meal at the end.
And when the ride is over you sit down at a table with friends and enjoy a meal and tell stories punctuated with laughter.
Yes, it sounds like the Story of God to me.
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