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Pick your poison
Consider this thought experiment. It’s race day, and you get to pick between these 2 races: Race 1 will be held in horrible weather — 40 degrees and a steady rain. By the end of the race you’ll be so … Continue reading
Power When Motivated
Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical. – Yogi Berra Quite a few times this year I’ve climbed on the bike to do a “2×20″ interval workout — de rigueur for someone training to ride time trials. The … Continue reading
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Mixing Beer & Wine Experiment Completed …
… and I’m sticking to wine (bike racing). At least for the rest of the summer. I wrote about a desire to try to continue running while bike racing. And had one update here. The experiment ended in May when … Continue reading
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Got my Time Trialing dividend check
There’s a curious thing about competing in time trials. While you may like the competitions, the training is awful. Well, even the competition can be awful. Sometimes I think racers do it in order to “have done” the time trial … Continue reading
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Don’t race and drive
Racing your bike can make you stupid. Literally. Particularly after a hard race or ride. Sometimes after a race I’ll unlock my car, then spend 10 minutes looking for the key again, only to find that I was holding it … Continue reading
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Wind killed the Wicked Witch of the East, you know
I have developed this (irrational?) fear of the wind. I can trace its roots back to last year’s state time trial championship. The one where the start was delayed while an Armageddon-like storm blew through, threatening to lift the registration … Continue reading
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Mixing Beer & Wine, Continued
It’s been about 6 weeks since I wrote about my desire to continue (at last some small amount of) running during the racing season. I’ve been doing it. 3 or 4 times per week (so maybe 10-15 miles). Not very … Continue reading
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If I don’t race, everyone else will be getting faster
Some years ago, when people asked me what “I do”, I would tell them that I ride my bike. Then I would add, “oh, I have a job too.” That’s what it felt like. Even when racing at an amateur … Continue reading
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The first effort is the hardest
Here’s the scene: first race of the year after a hard, snowy winter. The course (Malabar) is a cruel way to start the season — rolling to hilly, with a cross-headwind on the toughest section. I don’t care how much … Continue reading
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Duct tape is a tool
There is a universal law about bike maintenance: when you decide to do it the night before a race, you will without fail run into something you didn’t expect, and it will take way longer than you imagined. I used … Continue reading
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