Some rides are difficult...
Saturday's training ride was HARD!  We rode 40 km with lots of hills, and I was limited by pain in my knee and by weakness in my left piriformis. Partway through the ride I heard this voice in my head saying "you should turn back, you can't keep up with this group...you shouldn't be here".  It took some prayer to get my head back on straight, and I stuck it out, grinding up one last steep ascent (with a welcome "pushie" from my husband...).  Once at the top, I felt great and hung onto the wheel of the person in front of me, even screaming ahead on a long descent.  I can imagine lots of moments like this on the tour, when the task seems impossible, and we hear this voice of discouragement: this is when we'll pray for inspiration, for "pushies" and for belief in what we are doing, and we will find whatever it takes to keep pedalling.