At this point in the year, my time spent traveling is starting to greatly out-weight my time spent at home. Packing up my suitcase and leaving my wife behind never gets any easier. But I consider myself very lucky to travel and race a bike professionally, and especially in an era when the internet and our smartphones help us stay so connected.
Even though I'm kept up-to-date on what's going on back home, I still deeply miss it. Free moments while I'm on the road are spent thinking about what I'd like to do when I return home. The usual format so far this year has been one month away, followed by two weeks at home. Two weeks is nice, but it goes by so fast. I'm forced to make the most of each and every day.
As I...
