old article

That I saw first over at TSP and then G-ride IM'd it to me. I wonder where it surfaced to have two very disconnected sources pop up on the same day. The article is from 2006.

BUT.

Man does it point out a good handful of the 'reasons' why I am not winning. I don't don't really want to go into all the details. I hit them reflecting after hearing about yogurt boy candy man Lube Boy's race where he was cramping so badly that his hands had to be taken off the bars. Going that far beyond is intense and something that I've got trouble doing. Digging that deep and going that hard is not a physical barrier as much as a mental barrier.

That's where a coach comes in. But coaches here and now give you training programs. They tell you what interval to do and when and how hard, providing you have a power meter. Then you go do your stuff and have medicore results and they change the program to peak at the next A race and then you fall flat and wonder why you suck. Well maybe they aren't coaching you. They are training you. Solo touched on this a few times.

I don't need a trainer. I know what i need to do and often do it. Bike racing though generally is hard to coach because your coach isn't always right behind you telling you to stop being a fucking pussy and PEDAL THE GOD DAMN BIKE AND BRIDGE THAT GAP.

Last night I kinda felt like I made some progress. There's the A race riding away from me. into the wind. And I was feeling it but i STILL managed to dig deep enough. And through the rest of the race after that point i was on the edge but when i needed too, despite feeling like i couldn't finish the race, I found what I needed to to bridge up and get on the wheel.

Train my brain. That's what I need to do.

Stop thinking. Stop feeling.

Ignore the pain. Sprint like i did at NoHo (just without the same post finish line stuff) ride like I do at Plymouth South.

Yeah. I'm still cross centric. And I'll make an admission. I haven't finished my current issue of Cyclocross Magazine. Why? Because when I finish it then I'll have to wait for the new one before I get more content. Something I learned from my father. At one point I was reading an Edward Abbey book he hadn't. When I asked why not (we are equal fans of his work) he said that since he's dead there won't be any new books so if he read everything now there wouldn't be anything new to read later. Saving a bit. Honest I have read just about all of it. Saving a few of the interviews and reviews.

YIKES that was a LOUD bit of thunder. Damn.

These thunderstorms today are INTENSE!!!!!

Peidiwch da
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(yeah I'm going back to the neutral background tomorrow)