My WHY.

I am here for the adventure, for the challenge, for the connections, for the love. In cycling, I want to be the best cyclist I can be, and I am accomplishing many goals along the way, even the ones that I don’t plan on achieving. I am absolutely failing at some things too. In other parts of my life- I want to do things for the same reasons. I am failing at a lot of things, and that’s scary. I’m also accomplishing other things, small and big. Becoming my best will not happen in an instant, in a month, in a year, in two years. It’s about the process along the way. And yes winning races and being the best would be awesome but it would honestly fucking suck if it happened instantly, without having the let downs, the learning experiences, the moments of self doubt. Why do we do anything in life? Well it should be because we find a passion in doing it and serves a purpose to ourselves and the people around us.

There’s always a lingering thought in my head; where do I want cycling to take me? Is it worth the sacrifices, the let downs, the self doubt?

I want to become a professional cyclist and make a living out of it, I really do. But it can’t just happen. There’s more to this sport and achieving great goals than I can explain. All I know is that in this moment now I am doing the right things..for myself and my path in life. I have so many goals in and outside of cycling, and I truly have no idea where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing in 5 years time. However I don’t think I should know. I think a part of the incredibly short lives we get to live is not knowing. And accepting that we don’t know; that we don’t know what we’re doing, if it’s the “right” thing or not.

Michaela