Built for the Job?

This is my body. Like my bike, it's not really built for the task I am asking it to do. That has been abundantly clear as I try to buy cycling clothes to train in that just don't come in my size. Apparently, breasts don't contribute to the optimum aerodynamics of cycling.

Unlike my bike, I can't say I love my body. Internally, it has just betrayed me too much to say that I can trust it. But I can say that I have learned to accept it, adapt to life in it and even like a few things about it. It's easy to pick out it's size 16 faults. I don't even want to know it's BMI- that's just another number for me to over analyze. It's lumpy, my legs are WAY to small for the upper body. My skin, hair and nails betray the years of treatments that have sustained it. And if you have to have extra parts, why does it have to be chins?

But there are a lot of things I like about my body. I may not be a super model but I don't have to wear a bag over my head. Yes, my legs are too small but they are also probably the leanest body part and so they have allowed me to be much more active than my body would otherwise allow. I like that my range of motion and flexibility are way above average despite my weight also being way above average. I like that you can't tell by looking at it, all the things that are good about it. In that way my body is the exception, which in some ways makes it exceptional.

That is why, like my bike, I believe that with a little work and fine tuning, it too can go Sea To Sea. I'm sure several people have looked at me thinking-"Is she serious?" But John V who did the trek in 2005, didn't even question it. He just said "I've heard you speak and you have the attitude and drive. That is what is most important." Like my bike, my body is probably going to make it harder but still it will go Sea To Sea. With God helping me.