Alejandro Valverde and I have some things in common. We are both ex-drug users (admit it, you are too!) and we both love cycling. We now have one more thing to share – the two of us are going to have to wait one more year till retirement.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alejandro-valverde-i-doubt-well-be-racing-again-this-year/

I’m starting to feel a lot like him regarding his ‘lost year’, as I’m sure many of you are, at least in terms of your cycling season. It is what it is, of course, and I know we’ll have a fantastic 2021, all things considered.

When I find myself feeling like whining about all this I turn to those less fortunate, and the other day I thought about my grandfather, who never once talked about this, but it is well known that he spent over 4 years in several Japanese prisoner-of-war camps in Hong Kong. It’s nearly a cliche to compare what we’re going through now with The War (or any war), but it’s alway instructive to take a step back and realize how privileged we really are.

That tangent wasn’t planned, but I’ll keep it…back to Valverde and me: in the past day we’ve had 3 more returnee clients tell us they’ll be happy to wait till next year, as well as 2 others who are ‘new’ and have essentially signed up for a tour we haven’t even organized yet.

Since I now know that I’ll be working till 70, I might as well get on the trainer. See you tomorrow.