In 2 Tim 1, Paul tells young Timothy to "fan into flames the gift of God that is in you" which can be roughly translated as 'use it or lose it'. 'Use it or lose it' used to be the slogan for an arthritus campaign to keep people exercising to keep joints moving and slow down the progress of arthritis. How appropriate, then, that at the ''oldish' age of 45 I started mountain biking, and after some prayer, at the age of 46, decided to give downhill mountainbike racing a serious go. Most people my age are slowing down, but I'm speeding up!! One of the reasons I do it is because I am so grateful to the Lord for giving me the good fit healthy body that I have and I think it would be a sin not to use it to its fullest - ie. "fan into flames the gift of God". The mountain bike season has started and I am already having lots of fun riding my local tracks especially the Paloona Playground. I am so looking forward to the first race in 2 weeks time. This year I've decided to race the Tassie state series again, and the National Championships in Adelaide in January (gotta defend my title, ay?), and I will also do as many National Series races as I can afford to get to. This year I will have at least one sponsor to help me out - Anaconda Adventure Stores have come on board which is very cool because if they hadn't opened their first store around the corner from where I was living in Melbourne at the time in 2004, Joel and I never would have found out about mountain biking - true. I'd never heard of it until then. So, I'm going to fan the flames of riding fast - it's so much fun! Faith+fast=fun!! Yippee!
