Kids and bike racing.

We got some new pictures of baby Dagny today; here she is cracking a smile. I know every parent things their kid is cute even when its not but that is pretty cute for a black and tan picture in 4D.

With only a few more weeks before the kid makes her appearance here in our house I have thought more and more about fitting in riding, training and racing around the new number one priority of being a dad. I hold no illusions at this point in my racing career about making it big so putting it all in second or third place is a decision I made before we even got pregnant so that’s not a big deal. In no way do I feel like having a kid is going to cramp my style because I’m ready for the style change. One of the reasons I put off having kids until I was 31 was because I just wasn’t ready to put everything aside for the sake of a wee child and I figured I would be doing the kid a disservice bringing it into the world when I wasn’t ready for it.

Now that the time approaches I have to wonder how it will all fit in. I plan on riding, racing and kicking ass well into the future but how do you balance it all out? I’m such a creature of habit, I wake up at the same time every day, like riding at the same time every day, like eating around the same time every day and now I will have to adjust those patterns to fit around the kids needs. I’m not bumbed at all about it. I know there are plenty of guys who make this happen so if you are out there and read this fill me in.