Not Athletic
Because people notice I bike somehow I keep finding myself in this conversation:
It’s funny people think I’m athletic. Obviously they didn’t know me way back when.
I only survived gym class because I pretended to be really angry when the game didn’t go my way. Taking a game too seriously seemed to be the way to be taken seriously when playing sports.
And I haven’t gotten any more athletic after that. I’ve just found a lifestyle that works for me.
Commuting by bike doesn’t have to be an athletic undertaking. It just takes time to get used to it.
And now that it’s second nature for me I find myself having awkward moments like this:
We love your work, here in Hong Kong 🙂
As always, artistic genius!
Love this! It was a serious shock when I discovered my coworkers thought of me as an athlete because I commute by bike and have tried running. In phys ed classes, I was the smallest/slowest/least-coordinated, perpetually in competition for last place with the fat kid. The first A I ever got in PE was when I took a two-month intensive history course in a foreign country. The one class counted for history, literature, and phys ed credits, but I was graded on my essays, not on how well I could keep up on all those hikes around the country.
I wonder if cycling is especially appealing to people who do enjoy the high of physical activity but don’t discover it until adulthood because of the emphasis on those damned team sports in school.
Oh! The cloud-riding struck a chord! And I thought I was the only one 😉