Feb 06, 2023

BREAKING THE PERSONAL SPEED BARRIER

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GO FASTER ON OUR BIKES than we are currently going. We can try and force it all we want...

... it just doesn't work.

Pathways to failure include:

Then, what works?

How do we achieve maximum effort and stay loose?

This was on my mind as I drove home from Saturday's race.

I felt so much more confident and in a state of flow on the all of the fast downhills than I did 3 months prior on practically the same course.

The main difference between then and now is rather than ride my MTB once a week, I'm riding it 60-80% of the time.

Saddle time matters.

Most of that riding is on the dirt, and when it's not there is still a fair amount of throwing the bike around and jumping curbs, etc.

Where and how we ride matters.

Actually, I'm riding a rather oldish hardtail that I set up to exactly mimic my race bike's fit.

Set up matters.

The bottom line, the more we ride the same bike over similar terrain the more we relax and going for it in a relaxed state...

... always yields max speed.

Practice => Flow => Max Results

The above formula works in all areas of life.

Current Weekly Training on my calendar:

Monday MTB
Tuesday MTB
Wednesday Road
Thursday MTB or Off
Friday MTB
Saturday Road
Sunday Off

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166ish
7.5 hrs Sleep
1 RaceDay Ready Strength Circuit
20 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling