school - make the right choices

Its 3rd term at school already, wow the time flies! This term started off really well and is still going great. My school days are quite long i must say... From 7:40AM till 4PM because i have extra lessons. That's right even grade 11 students need some help. We as 17 year olds often think that we know everything, well not every-everything, but most things. I learn't that the hard way and am sitting with the consequences now with half a year gone. Nobody can just read or look through there books and think they'll remembe everything just like that.(Except if your that guy in my class that gets 92% average). Practise makes perfect. Some people have the natural cleaverness and others don't or are just too lazy. I write from my heart when i write blogs and also this post. So I have to go to extra lessons after school because of bad choices i made at school and during the first have of the year. Now my day is even more packed than it has ever been.

My weekdays consists of a gym session at 5am, school at 7:40am- 4pm. Thats excluding my bicycle training time. The riding time averages at about 1:30 to 2hours of riding time. So to pack all of this into my day - oh, and after my cycle is done i still have homework. I have no spare time to fast now. Every possible moment i have free, i try to sleep and rest! Social life doesn't exist for me, i do that at school maybe. You see, trying to be professional athlete takes its tolls and you can't really go out every weekend and watch the 8o'clock movie because the next morning you have to be on the bicycle at 6 or 7am. Social life is very limited but i am doing what i love and if its running or being on my bicycle then nothing else matters.

Conclusion - be wise and make the right choice now & also do what you love!

Proverbs 3:35 ~ The wise inherit honor,
but fools get only shame.

J. Pelser

Busy... But having fun

It's been while folks... Been so busy with school since the holidays, but that's another story. Quick result from KZN xc Championships held at Cascades: managed to get a 4th behind Max Sullivan from Hatton's Cycles. I am happy with my result since i have not been back on the bike for very long.

Thank you to everyone for support and helping me get back into it and fit again. The training carries on and two big races coming up in the end of the year. Holiday activities post to be uploaded soon.

J. Pelser