Since I’ve been having such difficulty getting up for five o’clock rides, I’ve been asked why I try to do them.

The number one reason is simple: time.

Time is the most precious of all commodities, and once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. Running this blog, my other blog, and with my vocational and personal interests, it’s very difficult to get everything I want done. I am the classic example of the person who plans a lot of things and only gets about 1/2 of them done.

Now, since I plan so many, 1/2 is more than many others get done at all, but that’s besides the point. Cycling is my release, my hobby, my athletic endeavor. I love bicycles and I love cycling–far more than running or swimming.

It has to get done, and there’s no better time for it.

Another reason, related to the first, is that if I shoot for five am and don’t quite make it, well, I can still get in a decent ride at 1 in the afternoon–or later. I don’t necessarily want the heat of 1 pm (or the wind for that matter), but it’s possible. If I aim for 1 pm and I don’t make it, well, I’m not riding on the highway through Kane’ohe at 8 pm in the dark with no sun coming up soon.

For all of those reasons, I’m headed to bed in 27 minutes–9:30 pm–on a Saturday night.

So I can, I hope, ride tomorrow.

At five.