I await travel across the international time zone on my way to distant southern hemisphere lands. Where indoor velodromes, international competition and new experiences await. I am tickled and excited for the opportunity that is unfolding in front of me.
I am a world champion!

8 steps closer

I really made some leaps and bounds this past week. The huge training block in LA proved invaluable for my preparation for Melbourne. I leave in six days on that adventure and can't believe I'm chasing my dreams. The reality of them becoming true is mind blowing.

I must keep striving. I must keep on course. It is so close and so ripe for the picking. Focus. Determination. Confidence. Belief.

Just do it.

I just read my friend Dan Harm's new blog he created called Chasing After 2012.

Our lives and stories are fairly similar - in that we both started bike racing in Seattle six years ago with lofty aspirations and ambitions, not sure how life's curve balls would be hit. Yet something about being on the bike would continue to point us in the right direction. Something about pedaling with your heart and soul, pounding out the miles in the cold wet rain - would one day materialize into what you dreamed about for so many years.

Dan's blog is extremely inspiring to me. It reaffirms my desire to strive toward my own goals - which are similar to his. And how cool it is to have these big goals - and be able to reach for them.

And now - here we both are. Going to the world cups this winter and taking another big step closer to realizing our dreams. Unreal.

World champions are made a day at a time... and you are the master of your own destiny. Just do it.