HOW GOOD IS YOUR WHEELSUCKERY?

AT SOME POINT ON TODAY'S RIDE things got goofy.  It was the final 20 minute leg pulleroffer.  Quads barking, kids hangry...

... not much left.

I like this ride for it's jumpiness.  

But, it can wear even the fittest timber down to swirling sawdust.

Pulls get skipped, wheelsuckery abounds, tempertrantrumitis flares... 

... which always cracks me up.

But, apparently it isn't funny to the great gravel gawds of Unbound who are actually on record that sitting on ain't part of the gravel racing ethos...

... because only the strongest should win.

Really?

Since when are tactics not part of racing?

Tactics can be a strength.

A superpower.

On a training ride, unhitching the unwilling should be practiced mercilessly...

... because in a race, it's gotta be done.

Conversely, training rides are a perfect place to master latching to faster riders and conserving till you're fingers are bleeding...

... because in a race, it might have to be done.

Which brings me back to today's comic relief...

... don't get mad, get off the front.

That eventually transpired today.

Touché.

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160.7
5.5 hrs 52% (yes I suffered because of this)
Body Water 60.4%
0 Pull Ups + 20 Power PushUps + 10 Heavy Squats 
30 minutes recovery
70 minutes reading + Journaling