IT WASN'T LUCK, IT WAS TRAINING.
A GOOD RACE IS LIKE A GOOD BOOK. They have a hook. Something that grabs ya. It could be the name, this history, the location, the recommendation. If they don't...
... we rarely start 'em.
So, when my riding pal, TTB, suggested a book after I suggested a race I said...
... let me check it out.
I'm hooked.
How's this for an opening scene...
... I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die.
A battle.
A young kid, in the thick of it. Shoulder to shoulder with grisly vets. A brutal enemy approaching fast.
He survives.
Wounded.
With this wise observation...
... It wasn't luck, it was training.
Sure sounds like my first race to me. It was a crit. The speeds were astonishing and the angst to win palpable.
That first turn did feel like I could die.
Soon, I was shot out the back.
Wounded ego wounded.
My veteran friends finished laughing and happy with the effort. There was a big difference between me and them...
... it wasn't luck, it was training.
I'll close with a quote from the Purple One...
Train wisely my friends.
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166.9
7 hrs
25 PullUps 50 PushUps
Stretch and Hypervolt
38 pages + journaling
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