I happen to feel selfish thinking “I would like him to spend more time with me rather than with his bike
but seeing him going around in circles and get upset because lack of sport is so worse !
Tiphanie and Nathan Haas, best supporters
Each part of a couple has to know how make concessions! In the end, everyone benefits! I let him do his activities and he lets me do mine.
We just need thave o take enough time for couple and family. At the beginning it is hard but you get used to it quickly and finally it’s a pleasure to follow, to photograph and supply him but also meet other people, travel and see the country…
I’m so pride when he crosses the finish line !
I often move fron stress when i do not to know when he will arrive, to excitement when I finally see him. I have to share satisfaction when everything goes well and disappointment when something goes wrong. I feel his emotions, I motivate him, I do everything so he can live his passion all the way and he repays me well in return.
My challenge ? Refueling !
This is much like a treasure hunt.
You do not know where to go, sometimes you have to follow your instinct, you look for some clues but especially for an ideal place …
always at the right side, with visibility , a way to escape, in a climb so important to succeed (give a bottle to a cyclist passing 70km/h ! you can try !)….
try to focus and safe above all !
I’m proud when he says “it looks like you’ve been doing this all your life” !
Question of timing
Strava Application allows me to follow him when he trains or racies, it’s very reassuring !
So I can know where he is and how long he will be at my level (when we wait for him at home for diner).
If something happen to him, the application would warn me directly, but fortunately it never happened so far ! I can see as well how many km he rides and how long
More about food
Cooking has become more complicated, fortunately he does not blame me every time I do or eat something to which he is not entitled !
Considering :
- gluten
- lactose
- nuts he is allergic to (stomach pains )
- meat and eggs that he avoids
- white sugar and alcohol that he has banished …
…sometimes we have the impression of eating the same thing every day ! and I can hardly allow myself to be more creative!
I’m glad he found a brand that allows him to eat healthy, easy to use and gluten and lactose free, and vegan!
Even if he does a physical activity right after he is not hungry, despite the fact it is liquid it offers better digestion at least
I was a little skeptical at first. Tasting my first bottle i was so quickly rasiated I did not even manage to finish it and didn’t feel hungry before dinner.
Bars are available too offering several tastes.
Personally, I try to eat a bit of everything, it is psychological but I don’t want to be frustrated that I prefer not to pay too much attention ?
Cyclist wife’s bit of advice
So if you also have a cyclist at home, a little advice, let him live his passion !
Stay positive and really enjoy each moment shared rather than pouting, negotiating and stay unhappy in the end !
I do not feel any pleasure or satisfaction to deprive him of happiness !
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