Inspiration for a morning ride!

Having trouble getting out of the pit to do a few miles on the bike?

Let me introduce you to my "Friday Morning Song" concept (FMS).  It started some 17 years ago when I was making a cup of tea first thing in the morning, on a Friday morning about 6am, feeling pretty good about the fact that the weekend was almost there. I put the stereo on full blast to "Leroy Brown" by Frank Senatra  and bounced around the kitchen making the tea in my underpants. I brought said beverages up stairs to be met by my then 3 year old daughter Scarlett who proceeded to dance like a lunatic with me. When the track was finished she calmly went back to bed.

This then became a ritual which continues to this day, some 17 years later! Although my daughters (13 and 20 respectfully) don't get out of bed and dance with me anymore, they do shout from their bedrooms their opinion on the track I pick for that weeks FMS as I walk up the stairs. My wife has long since resigned herself to being woken by the stereo on a Friday morning.

Only one rule on track selection - its has to be up beat, any genre but it needs to make you want to bounce off the walls! I have missed this only once I believe in 17 years, and then I made up for it by having a late night Friday evening song after being down the pub. (Didn't go down well at all)

So if its to get the inspiration for a morning bike ride or just to get in the mood for the weekend, I highly recommend everyone to try the FMS concept just once - face the wrath of your family, partner or neighbor just one time, you may get to like it, in fact you might get them to join in.

And just for reference today's FMS was Fat Boy Slim "The Funk Soul Brother" click through and play loud, preferably while bouncing around the house in your underpants!