This parade is for every one of us who got chosen last for the kickball team.
It is for seven year old me who played by herself on the playground during recess.
It is for that small child in all of us who always struck out at bat, never got the ball in the basket, rode her bike to school, but never won a race.
It is for all of us who were never quite good enough for Varsity sports teams in school because we were just too damn slow, not quite tall enough, too clumsy and not a good *fit*.
It is for the ones who finish last, but still finish because you are not going to not finish. You always finish what you start.
It is for those of us, the survivors, (of #allthethings) who after trauma somehow choose to still show up.
This is for every one of you. For your unbridled joy. The world needs your joy more than ever right now.
This is me on the day the #Peloton arrived. I knew I needed it. I had no idea how much.
For 365 days in a row, somehow, some way, I chose me and I chose to be here, on this bike, every.single.day.
In a year robbed of every ritual I had ever known before, the handlebars held me up, absorbed my grit and my sweat and my grief, allowed me to remember that being human is being really messy and taught me with grace that the one thing in this world I can control is actually being right here, breathing in and out, one two one two, on the bike that goes absolutely nowhere but has taken me to places I never knew I needed to even go.
Exactly 365 days later. This is me. Hopping off the bike after doing exactly the same ride I had done the very first day the bike arrived. My improvement and transformation speak for themselves, but honestly, I am so very grateful for the community I found while sitting here on this bike that goes nowhere.
I learned what everyone else already knew.
Movement really is medicine.
It's always been more than a bike.
Showing up with my love goggles and my sparkles to celebrate just being ALIVE. It's been a very long year.
Together we go far.
Here's to another 365 days.
One blue dot at a time. 
If you want to join in the fun with me, you can find me, as with everything as #nakedjen on the leaderboard on the bike that goes nowhere. Also, if you'd like to purchase one for yourself you can use this discount code GUYQYU to receive $100 of accessories for the bike (or tread) at purchase. I used it when I purchased to get a mat for under the bike, shoes AND weights and honestly that made my commitment to ME that much greater.
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