I duly checked all my details and filled in as truthfully as I could details of my past performances, current relevant competitions and expected finish time.
I then sent this off and waited patiently, feeling fairly confident that this year I would get the opportunity to spend a day with my love as last year she had refused to meet me.
Off went my form to the #3peakscxrace dating agency who would put my profile to the panel for possible compatibility potential. Such a worthwhile partner does of course have many suitors, some searching for long term relationships and some looking for a quick fling to see what the fuss is about. I felt that I had met often enough on the last Saturday of September to have some kind of "understanding" between us, I knew that we were not exclusive, but come on, I had stayed with her in the rain and wind of 2012 which had reduced her number of admirers that day considerably.
So I waited for a reply, checking each hour for the email.
Finally it has arrived.
Oh, but how she teases, am I just a mere muse to her?
My confidence was still high, surely she would return my love and devotion. I had specific training workouts ready to schedule into my ongoing training plan. These must impress her.
Then I received the second email. I open it and read with disbelief.
I read it again and again and again. What does this mean?
Why does she reject me so?
Am I not manly enough?
Do I not show her respect?
Should I have included a photoshopped image of myself in my profile and exaggerated my achievements? Perhaps if I said that I would finish in 2hrs 30?
I know that this is a race and the best entrants must be on the start line. It is not a sportive. All entrants are expected to be there to hurt themselves in order to finish as quickly as they can. I get it. I enjoy that aspect. I am competitive. I do not finish at the back, in fact I finish nearer the front than the back. So I do not understand what I have done wrong.
Rejected two years running? My fragile riding ego is shattered, I see no fun anymore in riding intervals. No fun in planning customisations to bike set-up.
I wish I could simply move onto a new infatuation, friends of mine who hold similar feelings for London Marathon simply move onto Paris or Edinburgh or many other eligible marathons, but there is only one #3peakscxrace and she does not seem to love me.
I know that #3peakscxrace is not gender specific, I am simply happier applying a sexual orientation for the sake of this piece of writing.
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