{"id":3059,"date":"2012-03-25T17:23:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T17:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=3059"},"modified":"2012-03-25T17:23:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T17:23:33","slug":"the-road-less-cycled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/25\/the-road-less-cycled\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road Less Cycled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash3\/542545_10150694869234450_789139449_9012554_797217087_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two roads diverged in the Austin &#8216;side<br \/>\nAnd sorry we could not cycle both ways<br \/>\nAnd being one pair of cyclists, pondered deep and wide<br \/>\nAnd thought about a 40+ mile day<br \/>\nThat it would still be an grand foray<\/p>\n<p>But we took the 60 miler, as just as fair<br \/>\nAnd having perhaps the better claim<br \/>\nBecause it beconed to us wanting wear<br \/>\n(And said you&#8217;re a badass for going there)<br \/>\nAnd our <del>asses<\/del> ride would never be the same<\/p>\n<p>And that morning we didn&#8217;t follow where safety lay<br \/>\nRoad open, no &#8220;on your left&#8221;, no need for care<br \/>\nOh, we risked our asses (literally) that day<br \/>\nYet knowing regret is in what&#8217;s not done, they say,<br \/>\nI doubted the demon would follow us there<\/p>\n<p>And though this morning I sigh<br \/>\nWith back and legs sore, a petty grievance<br \/>\nTwo roads diverged into Austin, and Zliten and I,<br \/>\nWe cycled the one less traveled by,<br \/>\nAnd that made all the difference.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash3\/530015_10150740397362603_2005213420_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Nod\/tipothehat\/apologies to Robert Frost.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, we did a metric century ride yesterday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, we are dumb. \u00a0We did the equivalent of training badly for a half marathon and just deciding race day to do the full (longest ride last year = 35 miles, longest ride this year = 14 miles). \u00a0Don&#8217;t be us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, we are very, very sore today. \u00a0More later!<\/em><\/p>\n<div data-counters='1' data-style='square' data-size='regular' data-url='https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/25\/the-road-less-cycled\/' data-title='The Road Less Cycled' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_3'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div data-position='' 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