Apr 292013
When I first had the idea for this post, as I was leaving for work today, I thought it might be the most boring post on this blog yet. But really, the more I thought about it, this picture ends up saying a lot.
This is the bag that comes to work with me just about every day. It’s the bag I take to the trailhead when I go ride my bikes. It’s not a great bag, but the price was right: it was a freebie I got for reenlisting a few years ago. It has a shoe compartment, a few side pockets, and it’s big enough to hold a couple sets of clothes, my shower stuff, and assorted workout gear and gadgets. I also strap my lunch bag to the top of it when I’m going to work, and carry a tub of whey protein, a shaker bottle and a water cup. If you look closely, you’ll see a handful of things that have been the subject of previous blog posts.
So really, this bag, however lowly and unexciting, represents everything that I’m doing or trying to do. It depicts both sides of the fitness equation, with my workout gear and my planned, portioned nutrition. I spend so much time carrying it back and forth, it ought to have a name or something. Come to think of it, there are days I spend more time with it than my wife, because of our sometimes-opposing schedules. It is perhaps a mundane detail, but one I couldn’t do without, either.