Focus on what you can control

As a cyclist, you prepare for the road, not the road for you. If you want to train and build endurance and strength then you need to waiting for perfect conditions. Train for the real world and build the endurance and capacity that makes conditions irrelevant. You can’t control wind, heat, gravel, traffic, flats, bad sleep, or bad moods.

But you can control what matters: the engine, the chassis, and the operating system.