Joy

I had never heard of Alison Tetrick until Bill Strickland tweeted a link to this blog on her webpage. Apparently, she's a professional cyclist. In a recent post she talks about her encounters with the "weekend warriors." She uses the phrase not as a term of derision, but rather as a descriptor of those who don't ride professionally and who catch rides as they are able. Usually, that ability is greatest on the weekends. Turns out, these weekend warriors remind her of how "fortunate" she is:

You are on your bike, and you are happy.  You are overjoyed.  You are free again.  You are a child again.  You are grinning ear to ear.  There isn’t grit, there is just happiness.  I like that joy.  I like Saturdays and Sundays because I see people on their bikes just happy to be out there. 

Click here to read her full post.