May 02, 2023

THE 3 EVILS OF ENDURANCE ATHLETES

THERE A 3 EVILS WE ALL FACE. Most of us would rather spend a few thousand on a better bicycle, hire a coach for a few hundy a month...

... than conquer the evils.

This is a fact.

In fact, it came up tonight at the races.

We were battling back and forth for quite a while. The fun kind, bar to bar action. My pal is extraordinarily powerful...

... he's also loaded down with too much ballast.

Dunlop's disease,
dunlopping over his bibs.

Bad for him,
good for me.

Post race went like this...

How much do you weigh?

165ish.

That's 20 lbs less than me.

That's a lot.

I've got to lose 10 lbs.

You'll be killing us all when you do.

Which brings up the 3 evils:

Sleep. We need more. When we get proper rest, the results are subtly better. Enough to matter, not enough to remember to get to bed at a regular time.

Food. We really are what we eat. When we avoid spiking our insulin with sugary foods and drinks we feel great. My simple rule is to eat whole foods as much as possible.

Strength. We need to hit the weights, work the core, and stretch and massage. The stretching and massaging is key to being able to hit the weights 3-5 days a week.

The struggle against these 3...