You know when you have experienced something memorable, loads of time passes and you kinda forget about it (meaning you are no longer telling your friends about it every damn day) and then someone brings it up and all the memories come flooding back? I love that!

Back in 2003 a friend and I did a mountain bike race in Costa Rica and a couple of days ago someone emailed asking for tips as they were going to participate in the ride this year. Oh man, did all the joys and pains become vivid again...

I am continually amazed at the brain's ability to forget the pain your body goes through. Take child birth. Would you do that again knowing what is coming? Not me. Some might argue that riding your bike for three days is nothing like passing a football or carrying that football for nine months but you get my drift.

As I was recycling all the moments of the ride I was seriously doubting I could ever do that sort of thing again. Perhaps some other event where I did not know what to expect but not the same thing. I'm too much of a wuss. But, it was a blast to recall all the details! Having experienced that was something I would not give up for sure.

Therein lies Martin's challenge... how to keep doing things like this without knowing too much about them in advance. :)