[ Being… An Amateur ]

It takes an odd bit of misplaced confidence, some “nevermind-ism”, and, well, cheek, for me, with minimal biking skills, and who feels awfully vulnerable at speed, to spend 180km trying to go fast on a bike. At first it took ages just to get the confidence to drop down onto the aerobars.

“Amateur” can mean “not getting paid”, but amateur also interprets as “not very good at it”, “inexpert”, or even “clumsy”. That’s me and cycling. To take on the very hilly, challenging Port Macquarie Ironman in 2017: that was me stepping strongly into something even while identifying as amateur.