PERKS of a RIDER's WIFE

It's been nine years of wonderful moments being together, or should i say nine years of togetherness that kept us still and strong. Believe me, it was not easy. Ours is like an against all odd flicks that can be featured or shown in televisions. And look at us today, we are still surviving and fighting the storms. Thank God, we are born tough!

Before each of us landed in each others arms, my husband is really into motorcycling. Ask him about anything and you can really rely on him especially those scooter bike types (we cannot afford yet the big ones but we are hoping and dreaming that someday, we could own a latest model of a classic Vespa scooter and a nice Ducati or BMW big bike that we can use to roam around our country). He goes for motorcycle touring with his friends, he joins motorcycle circuit racing competitions, drag racing bikes events and even motor shows. He's also into various motorcycle club organizations and 3 years ago, he started joining motorcycle endurance activities.

At first, i was not at ease on travels under long motorcycle rides. First, because my parents will really get mad. Second, the safety reasons and third, i feel that it is the most inconvenient way of travelling since you do not have a back rest and you only sit in a 2 wheel vehicle that will put your alertness at full motion in all times. But then, amidst all of these things, i learned to accept everything from a person whom i loved, he eventually and slowly took time to let me experience what he finds doing fun and enjoyable, and voila! I am now his official back ride during motorcycle rides! (He, of course is not allowed to take other girls as his back ride or else i will put his bike into ashes.)

How did i learned to accept his hobby? It all started i think 5 years ago, when we need to go to Pampanga and had to fix some official papers for his employment. We went on a motorcycle ride to Pampanga and i was so dizzy upon getting there. My helmet always bangs with his helmet, and i kept sliding on the motorcycle seat every time his foot uses breaks. After that, i told myself, this will not happen again...

After sometime, his friends planned to have a Baguio ride, he is then using a mio scooter, and again, he insisted on taking me with him. And because it was Baguio, i forget my 1st ride experience and traveled to Baguio on a scooter. I was not ready back then, i only had my cardigan and loafers which of course is not totally safe, but i enjoyed my Baguio ride, maybe because of the weather, ambiance and sceneries. From then on, i started travelling in scooters with him.

Men will always have their games and toys, my husband had already experienced several motorcycle sports and eventually it is the endurance games that he keeps on joining from then on, it is a game where in they will test your skills on riding a motorbike in a specific distance in kilometers under a required time, with rules and regulations to follow. His first attempt was the 2014 summer endurance, 1,200 km for 24 hour period covering mostly some parts of northern and central luzon and sadly, he did not succeed. But it did not stop him from joining, He tried again and luckily, with the Lord's guidance, he conquered his 1st Manila Matnog Manila Endurance Run Challenge. That was in the year 2014. After that first endurance, history follows along the other motorcycle endurances he joined.

I've always been a massive supporter, I always look up for everything he needs and i know will need. From the registrations, to the things he will bring up to the comfort of his bed as soon as he comes home. I even track him during his ride and even gives tips to him for map locations and other directions that i think will help him a lot. In every endurance, I always have my small kit for him which consists of chocolates for energy boost, his toiletries, wet wipes and OTC medicines for unexpected situations, During send offs, I have my prayers with me asking the Lord to continuously guide him with his travel. At bed time, I have my rosary in my hands asking Jesus to keep him safe at all times.

This is not easy, I tell you, This is totally hard, The hardships of your wife, partners, families are not just twice, it is much greater than the hardships of the endurance participants. Imagine us, just sitting at the comfort of our own homes, and yet our minds are not rested because we worry too much for the safety of our loved ones who consistently join endurance's.

But then again, as a wife, I could only do my duties, and he, being my husband will still have his last and final decision. I could not of course endure the pain to see my husband lonely, I married him to share happiness with me but then I also have to remind him that he promised sharing loneliness with me hahahahahaha!!!! (isn't it a wise thinking?)

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