DON'T MAKE THIS HUNDRED GRAND MISTAKE
WE'RE ENTERING THE SILLY SEASON when so many bets are off. Not all, but most riders and racers completely lose their minds in the next 60ish days...
... and it starts with Halloween.
Of all the things I have in common with Surfergirl, this is one of my favorites...
... our love for the 100 Grand bar.
Before I get into the trick of beating sugar down and...
... laying waste to the cravings that derailleured my fitness year after year...
... I'll show you some proof that we are being conspired against.
In my inbox this morning was a seemingly innocuous email from an internationally famous event, putting forth their sponsor's message...
... one of my all time favorite examples of garbage thinking.
Off-Season Weight Training
This is just the kind of thinking that has, is, and will continue to ruin many an athlete.
Utternonesense!
And, it is evily timed with the aforementioned silly season.
The very idea of momentarily suspending our efforts as athletes with Off-Season...
... is a signal to our helmetprotected gray matter that we can ease off our athletic life.
We can,
and we can't.
We can back down the miles,
ease off the intensity...
... but, I say Every Day Is RaceDay for a reason.
Because the days stack.
We, you and me, don't lift weights seasonally...
... who wants to limit strength to the times we aren't racing?
We lift year round.
Which brings me back to the 100 Grand mistake.
I had one mini 100 Grand bar last night,
begged it from the neighbor kid,
and loved it.
Because I have been off sugary poisons for so long the pleasure was soon gone and forgotten.
However...
... if I'd followed my tastybuds initial dance with joy,
I would have had at least 5 or 10 more.
I would have gone to our kids today, to raid the grandbabies supply...
... which is exactly what I did when our own children were little and left for school the following day.
Can't let 'em eat all that candy,
can't throw it away either,
better eat it.
Sugar addiction fully reactivated and in control,
I'd steamroll with gusto into Thanksgiving,
hamnering hard at all Holiday parties.
I'd pack on 5,10, 15 pounds by January 1st...
... soothing myself with the the stupidity of it's off-season.
Don't do it.
Be strong.
Let the mothersinlaw, cousins, spouses, neighbors, children, parents, friends...
... mock us all they want.
As the great Eric Liddell said...
... God made me fast. And when I run, I feel his pleasure.
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