coach al

not my coach... but if he was i probably would be faster, my coach is a fucking dumbass, different topic.

Reading the interview with him this described sunday for me:

“Racing tired,” he argues,” doesn’t work because the racer can’t get a real 100% race effort. They end up with a mediocre start and a sloppy race. Then they get mentally defeated from this performance and tend to spiral downwards into worse races.”

That said mostly just the bad start, the sloppy lines, I had pulled my shit together after a few laps, but the damage was done before i got the puncture, but adding the puncture to the mix meant one more hurdle to overcome.

I was tired on Saturday, but still pretty fresh.

Sunday I was tired, and tired...

There's sort of an awareness that I'm getting, different than before, I knew it was going to be touch and go to get two good days out of NBX, but I allowed myself to set high expectations or hopes. I knew that after two weekends off from racing going into Day 1 at NoHo would be a shock to the system and that I shouldn't expect much, probably from either day honestly.  But I didn't.  Not quite rookie mistakes but it goes more to managing the mental game and being prepared when you can't get the physical side perfect, either w/o enough intensity or not getting enough rest and recovery.

time to ride home...  Today is Day 12 in a row on the bike w/o a day off.