MAYBE THIS IS WHY LOWER TIRE PRESSURE IS FASTER
WHEN WE FOLLOW THE TRENDS and start to put them into practice it's always a question of does this really work and...
... am I doin' this right?
Take tire pressure.
I've been playing with it for a couple of years now, you know the whole lower pressure is faster thing...
... today might have been a breakthrough.
Not on the knowledge,
or the practice.
But, how it works.
I hadn't aired up since Saturday's race,
where I ran on the low end because of the terrain.
So, I'm lower,
way lower,
than usual.
On a trail I know well...
... overshooting all of the corners.
What the heck?!
Then, it dawns on me.
The super low pressure smoothes everything out..
... the perception of speed diminishes.
Disappears?
It feels like I'm going the usual,
maybe even slower.
I'm not.
I'm going faster, and once I get ahold of the sitch...
... absolutely
loving
it.
Possible conclusion...
... lower pressure is faster because it feels so good.
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Onesixtyfat lbs/12.7%
710 Anti-Oxidant Score
8ish hours sleep
√ Upper Body: 60 push ups, 15 pull ups, gripper, heel & toe raises
no Lower Body: split squats, nordic curls
30 minutes Reading/Journaling
90/87/3 (fitness/fatigue/form per Strava - probably worthless data)
249 FTP per my TrainerRoad AI coach experiment - probably more worthless than Strava