day 39: Reading not riding

Just finished this book about a guy deciding to escape 'real' life and set off on a bike ride around the coast of GB. Interesting stuff, which if the blurb is to believed, was life changing for him. Some people think that taking on and completing an iron distance race is something that changes them forever too. While I can see how for some this is the case, I've never really felt that way about ironman. Yes it's a challenge. It's something I have committed to over the course of months and inevitably becomes a focus, but I have never placed that much importance to it. It's my hobby, it's part of what I do with my time when my time is my own. It's not my life.