what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

On clear sunny mornings I like to race my shadow into work. It’s a friendly rivalry. More like camaraderie. Inspired to step it up. A little nudge. We usually arrive around the same time. It’s like working with professionals, it rubs off on you and your performance improves. You can’t help but be a bit more professional. They say mediocre players’ performance drops to the level of their opponents. But pros play at a high level, all the time: If they’re facing off against a cement wall, against a scrub or against another pro. It’s like that.

On dark, grey, cloudy, rainy mornings my shadow sleeps in and I roll to work alone.

-- words word-for-word recycled from 11-28-07   it's still true

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if there were 17 distinct words for "rain" in the bike messenger vernacular that wouldn't mean they'd want to talk about it on an elevator

word! Here's to the Pro's. shit nothing else to say WORD! Posted November 29, 2007 06:15 PM | Reply to this comment

I think those 17 words would only come from the Seattle messengers. All positive words and still positive they wouldn't want to talk about it. High desert makes you appreciate a hot cup of coffee under an awning in the rain. I am only happy when it rains.

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