DISCIPLINE FOR DUMMIES

THE GREAT KATE COURTNEY was on a podcast with Ryan Holliday discussing the benefits of discipline.  It's harder than it sounds if you love to ride.  Her coach asked her..

... Do you want to be fast today or at the races?

It's Either/Or.  
We can't have it both ways.

She went into the benefits of a legit offseason.
Cooling things down.
Reduced saddletime.

How do we know we're doing it right?
When can we ramp things up?
How hard should we go?

I was thinking about this yesterday, because I felt so darn good on the bike.  For months, I've been having a pretty legit offseason myself.  Reduced intensity and saddletime.  

Now that the first races are approaching, with an A race in March, I'm aching to cut loose.

Oddly, and this could be weird for some of you, during this period of building base on the bike and strength in the gym, it feels a lot like dating.

Hear me out.

Proper dating doesn't start with a full makeout session on the first encounter.  No.  We dress up, we go out.  Movies.  Dancing.  Dinner.  A hike. A bike ride! Etc.  Later, down the line...

... a kiss at the door is like hanging on to a group ride.

We keep putting in the time.
On the bike.
In the gym.
Eating well.

If we don't rush things,
if we are patient,
desire builds,
we wonder,
we know,
ready.

Ya can't race all the time, every weekend, all year long, without losing interest and burning out.

The C races, first dates.
The B races, meeting parents and friends.
The A races, absolutely magical if we've waited to unleash all our potential.

Too much?

For those of you into the data, you may not need the dating analogy.  For the rest of us...

... that's pretty much how it is.

And, it's a lot of fun done right.

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8.5 hrs Sleep
1 RaceDay Ready Strength Circuit
20 minutes recovery 
80 minutes reading + Journaling 

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Listen to the podcast version (sometimes it's delayed) https://anchor.fm/raceday-ready-with-todd-b
Check out my YouTube riff on this post: https://youtu.be/6myCAC5E9fg