Cycling the Cabot Trail

An eagle soaring on the thermal at the top of French mountain. Cabot Trail 2007. My first tour of the Cabot Trail and only my second season of cycling while getting fit.

Imagine you’ve been cycling all morning. You start to wonder if you are crazy and if your legs will last the whole trail. You realize if you keep  thinking like this you’ll never make it. You refocus your thoughts to the present. As you try to remain in the moment. You say to yourself “Pain is good, it reminds me that I am alive”. You encourage your legs to do what you want them to do by thinking ‘smooth, smooth’ until you reach the peak of the climb. You turn the corner on French Mountain and there you see this eagle riding the thermal. It’s not even aware that you are there but you know it’s your reward for not giving up.