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New year, new beginnings

January 1, 2015 By Slow Richard

Happy New Year! This afternoon, I clicked on my Strava app and instinctively went to my stats page. I was shocked by what I saw. Everything had reset to ZERO. All of my hard work, my blood, sweat, tears: gone. But not to worry, too much. It’s January 1. It’s a new year for Strava, and Strava has to reset stats sometime. So the year begins on January 1. And not just mine, but everybody’s stats go to ZERO.

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When I looked at my Strava stats page, I was a little shocked. “What?!” I thought to myself! “What happened to all my hard earned work???” Last year I put in 2,000 miles, and lots of elevation, and lots of hours. I worked hard last year. I was proud of my accomplishments last year.

But there’s also something to be said about having a brand new, clean start. It’s a brand new beginning. All of my Strava buddies are tied with me. It’s a new game!

  • New beginnings = optimism.
  • New beginnings = clean.
  • New beginnings = freedom.

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

November 29, 2014 By Slow Richard

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. My first time documenting my trip to Battle Creek on Strava.
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” My first time documenting a trip to Battle Creek on Strava.

The Chinese philosopher Laozi (c 604 bc – c 531 bc) famously observed:

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

In June of 2012, I stepped on the scales and was shocked to see that I weighed more than I had ever weighed in my life. I determined then and there that I was going to get myself into shape. And that’s how my journey began. And my journey has been a lot more than just a thousand miles, and it began with a pedal stroke.  Starting my journey was pretty easy, actually. I got on my bike. And I started climbing a mountain. I wasn’t using Strava at this point, so I manually input this ride. I was 37 years old, and I was considerably heavier than I am now.

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