About 10 years ago I suffered a sudden, personal loss. Depression, maybe I don't know but I did realize that there were a lot of things I had to fix. Cycling was one of the few opportunities or resources that I had at the time to improve anything, and I threw myself into it. Getting stronger, with more energy, and I'm convinced reversing some of the decay of age. Some things, priorities, goals, became more clear. Perhaps just thinking things through during those hours, or the habit of always improving, but somehow everything started working out right, just one thing after another, and I am convinced that bicycling played a huge role in that.