Sep 23, 2022

FAKE NEWS YOU CAN TRUST

PERSONALLY, I LOVE FAKE NEWS. And, I love creating fake news. It's just so dang fun...

... to fake people out.

Let me give you an example of the kind of diabolical nonsense I'm capable of.

First, there's the immediate and sensational news.

This I like during a race, a road race, where the action is shoulder to shoulder. We can hear each other breathing, see how we're holding up. This is a perfect time for some fake news like:

Faking I'm tire, gassed, can't pull through... when I'm feeling strong like bull.
Faking I'm fresh, crazy fit... when I'm barely hanging on.

Then, there's the long game.

The great Bobby Fisher did something for 10 years before battling the Russians in chess. Don't hold me to it, but it was something like playing left handed and then all of the sudden playing right handed. It was so outrageous, if that was it, that it through them off their game and he became World Champion.

Here are a few I've pulled over the years:

Purposely losing or getting dropped in races and rides leading up to the A race.
Secretly training and not posting online.
Training and racing on a markedly slower bike, then I race on.

Of course, that was long ago.

I'd never do that now.

But, you might...

... it's the kinda thing that can score a win, when brute force isn't enough.

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I'm more into PRs...

... no need to worry about me