project pedal: thank you Len

I've been working on Pedal for 3 years - and in those 3 years I've been sporadically reminded how grateful I am of this blog. This blog, which, to give credit where it's due, was very much inspired by Girl with a Movie Camera's blog, has brought me the amazingly talented Black Sheep, which I hope I will someday soon get to work with. It has brought me, if only a short time, a producer... loads of encouragement - it has kept me focused and committed.

But on Dec 30th, a person I've never met, short of possibly passing each-other in the street, watched Episode One and had this reaction:

Just listening and watching this intro inspired me to ponder my next chance to prove myself wrong about failure. In my sedentary case, it is the scary goal of getting my 56-year-old body into better shape through good diet and regular exercise. Impossible! My nerd self-image shouts. Yeah, but think about the Pedal Project. So thanks, and good luck!

It is an overwhelming feeling to start a project - aimed at inspiring people to challenge themselves in ways we often forget we can - and to then receive a comment like that. Because much like physical-challenges, Pedal, for me, is clouded with personal doubts that never seem to fully fade in the back of my mind - and this kind of positive reinforcement from someone besides myself, a reminded that "yes, I can do what I'm setting out to do", is always very touching/encouraging.

Also, thank you very much to those of you have recently donated using the new ChipIn! widget. I'm working on Episode Two - which will mostly deal in answering questions concerning the logistics of Pedal's day-to-day.