100,000 on a Stationary Bike
Although Monday is normally my day off, I found myself conducting a funeral service yesterday morning. We bid farewell to Elsie Richards, who passed away two days before her 80th.
A few days ago, her daughter, Joy, shared an amazing piece of trivia concerning her mother.
Through the years, Elsie had logged over 100,000 miles on her exercise bicycle! Now, that's quite an accomplishment.
Although hard to believe, it's true -- and maybe a world record!
It makes me wonder though. How many beautiful landscapes would she have seen if it had been a real bicycle rather a stationary one? With those same miles, she could have ridden to southern California and back 25 times!
All 100,000 were ridden in her bedroom, however, which leaves me with a deep sense of respect for such a display of self-discipline, and guilt about the cobwebbed exercise bike in our garage.
Treadmills, exercise bikes, stairsteppers, even dancing with brooms....all valuable ways to keep physically fit! I use my Nordic Track in the winter, so that when "the mind is willing" (and conditions are right), the flesh is NOT weak. During the repetitive motions of indoor exercise, one's mind is free to wander where it will...to pray, to meditate, to contemplate, to untangle messes. Who knows...if we could see those 100,000 miles, perhaps we'd find billboards instead of mile markers, all filled with Elsie's words of prayer and thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteGreat insight, Naomi! Thanks for sharing.
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