THE LONG, EPIC RACE
LOCALLY, WE HAVE CREATED SOME REALLY FUN RACE FORMATS. From the Belgian Waffle Ride's unRoadRace to CritCross's go cart track with added dirt berms and jumps to the unOFFICIAL Tuesday Morning World Championships...
... I love the creativity and freshness.
But, the true test, for me, is an epic.
A long, long challenging route.
Unforgiving elements.
A time cut.
There are myriad long, challenging routes.
Countless courses to curse.
But, without a time cut...
... it's just a race.
And, I don't mean a Hey, if you're slow we're gonna pull ya kind of cut...
... I mean, you miss the cut you miss
the badge of honor,
the coveted prize.
With these types of races, the challenge is not to crush the competition it is to finish. What happens is unlike all other races.
Everyone starts spunky, bouncy, full of cocky confidence and transitions into business mode. The paces are set, the nutrition consumed at precisely timed intervals. The miles roll by...
... and the racers roll on.
Friendships, no...
... alliances are struck.
The battle of wills is real, and some start to falter...
a wobble
missed turn
cramping thigh
... and then quit, retire early.
The time cut, once ticking far off, barely toc, starts to pound for those who persist...
... before becoming blaring bells of hell.
I live for that...
... to rage against the final miles.
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Building the resolve to press on starts months, even years prior to the big day. For there is a lot of training, but there is also a hardening of the mind that is necessary.
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162.9
7 hrs
5 Pull Ups + 20 Power PushUps + 10 Heavy Squats
30 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling