Riding Solo<\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\tThe absolute beauty of cycling and thinking is that the cycling part of the equation is (or can be) effortless. While the runner has the rhythmic fall of footsteps, the weightlifter has the clatter of weights and the gym rat has the chatter of a busy fitness center, the cyclist has only the wind in his ears, the rhythm of his breath and the constant gentle whistle of tires on tarmac. Gliding easily over the road can lead to a sense of detachment, and thoughts can flow as easily as the pedals turn, giving us boundless opportunity to see all sides of our issues and letting us resolve things in our own heads. We are almost completely detached from the world we inhabit, physically only contacting it by about 5 square centimeters of rubber. It forces us to retreat to within our own heads and look deep within ourselves and our thoughts. It's introspection in it's simplest form. It's a liberating sensation that has the potential to completely reverse our outlook or simplify the most difficult situations.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tSo….forget the penny. A pedal for your thoughts?\n<\/p>\n
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[dc]H[\/dc]ow many times have you heard the expression "a penny for your thoughts?" While it's true that life can be complicated, the idea of paying for someone's thought process (especially the valueless penny) seems odd to me. No, I propose an amendment to that phrase, offering up a pedal for your thoughts. But what can a pedal give you that a penny can't? How about solace and freedom?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[60,58],"yst_prominent_words":[226,402,1217,2617,788,2744,1453,2742,2610,2745,377,222,584,2746,2628,268,2747,2743],"wppr_data":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10962,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions\/10962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1354"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}