What do cyclists do when they are stressed?

If you cycle for a living what do you do if you are stressed? Do you go to an office? Spend a day working in a factory? Get rat arsed or beat the wife up? I only ask because I am finding that cycling is doing the trick for de-stressing me. It's fair to say that this past week hasn't been one I'll be thinking of fondly for years to come, in fact there's been times when some of the above options sounded and felt like a good idea. Nevertheless, the weather gods were reasonable and I managed to get some miles in and felt the better for it.
My friend CC (currently an ex cyclist sadly for him) doesn't like the sound of the wind in his ears, in fact we spent some time planning a world beating invention to solve the problem. For me though I like the sound, I picture it as all the bad shit tumbling down the road behind me.
For a variety of reasons I struggled to get many miles in this month, in fact less than half of what I did in August. One highlight worth mentioning though, had me nowhere near a bike - or in fact very close to about 100 bikes. I went up to London to watch the Tour of Britain reach it's finale, and it's certainly given me the taste for watching some more. Perhaps I'll have to plan something for the Olympics.
Good to be a cyclist at the moment, weather gorgeous, Cav is the world champion, and stress never stays around for long. Happy days.

Racing the sunset

Having left work at 4.30 I was desperate to get a good long ride in, having endured several days of stupid winds. The day was reasonably calm, but bright blue skies.
Anyhow, I managed to set off by 5.30 on a great route, enjoying the best of autumn riding. So there's some downsides but for every shadow there has to be light.
Flies in the mouth - at least they contain carbohydrate.
Low sun in the eyes - there will be an awesome sunset.
Cold arms - I can warm them up wrapped around the soup dragon.
In the end I managed just under 30 before the sun dipped below the horizon. Bike riding like a dream, and I've even managed to rediscover a good set up, now knownothingbozo, stop tinkering!
Up to 1433 miles now, so 1500 is an easy achievement, maybe even by the weekend. Then it's a question of what I am going to be able to do during the winter. Perhaps some early shifts and late shifts will give me daytime riding, then hold out hope for a good long one each weekend. I reckon 200 miles a month is achievable.
On the sad news, I've shaken hands with the soup dragon on a deal not to buy a new bike for another year. All my cognitive distortions have come crashing to the ground in the face of cold hard facts. So I now have to remind myself (and this ride is a good example) that just riding is fun, on any bike. By the time I get my shiney super lightweight dream machine, I'll be very much fitter with many more miles under my tires, and ready for the next level - riding with someone else!
I now have a smart phone with android, so watch out for lots of fun facts and figures as it (hereon known as Mrs Data - the geeks will appreciate this) spits out the daily reminders of what a lazy bloke I am.