summerdays
Cycling in the sun
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Very interesting and a lot more going on than I realised. I would like to have found out more about her training etc.
is that legalBugger the missus? What, again?
Puhleeeeese...........that is FAR to much information !!
Roit. Wassat then?
Victoria, Victoria,
Some cyclists adore ya,
But you dont get my bike lights all lit.
Your legs are quite lovely,
Personality bubbly,
But you just don't have any Pendletons.
Which I'm sure will spur her on to olympic victory.
Indeed, and I understood exactly how she felt. I remember going in to university to wait for the final year exam marks to be posted on the departmental notice board and sinking into a deep depression when I saw my result, while other students graduating two grades below me were whooping with joy, hugging each other and drinking Champagne. I went back to my flat, closed my curtains and spent 3 weeks trying to come to terms with a deep sense of failure.Very difficult father-daughter relationship there. And to the extent that it's internalised in VP, any success she earns hurts both her real and her own internalised father. A win's a loss.
I think this is common there's a lot of parents putting pressure on their kids to succeed at sport etc I think we have all seen the fat dad in a track suit shouting instructions at his kid playing footballI do wonder though if her father is living his life through her and that places immense pressure on her to succeed.
A couple of little Pendletinis might make all the difference for her.Indeed, and I understood exactly how she felt. I remember going in to university to wait for the final year exam marks to be posted on the departmental notice board and sinking into a deep depression when I saw my result, while other students graduating two grades below me were whooping with joy, hugging each other and drinking Champagne. I went back to my flat, closed my curtains and spent 3 weeks trying to come to terms with a deep sense of failure.
I hope that VP finds happiness once she retires from competitive cycling, but I fear that she will not. It is very easy to find things to feel unhappy about if that is how one's brain is wired ...