{"id":4156,"date":"2021-06-06T07:38:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T11:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2021-07-04T23:34:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T03:34:39","slug":"a-ride-at-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4156","title":{"rendered":"A Ride at Dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/<br \/> table.MsoNormalTable<br \/>\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";<br \/>\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br \/>\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br \/>\tmso-style-noshow:yes;<br \/>\tmso-style-parent:\"\";<br \/>\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;<br \/>\tmso-para-margin:0cm;<br \/>\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br \/>\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br \/>\tfont-size:10.0pt;<br \/>\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";<br \/>\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;<br \/>\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;<br \/>\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}<br \/><\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/almonte_biking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/almonte_biking-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"almonte_biking\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/almonte_biking-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/almonte_biking-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Sunday morning traction <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">my soul skimming <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">over the front tire<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">nothing but a clear road<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">and the rising sun and <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">clarity with each breath<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">digging into each hill <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">warm beads of sweat <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">drop off my forehead<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">somewhere from above<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">and I catch myself smiling <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">knowing this is a start <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">of a beautiful day<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>Chris George <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>June 2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To see more on cycling, pedal through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=13885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the By George Journal menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>. <em>And yes, Chris also <\/em><em>would rather be cycling\u2026 <strong>#bikealmonte<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday morning traction my soul skimming over the front tire nothing but a clear road and the rising sun and clarity with each breath digging into each hill warm beads of sweat \u00a0 drop off my forehead somewhere from above and I catch myself smiling knowing this is a start of a beautiful day Chris&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4156"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13917,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions\/13917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}