VISION PROBLEMS?
ALLRIGHTY KIDS, you may be having the same challenge I am. Oddly, and this is happening on and off the bike, I have found myself challenged...
... to look far ahead.
That's a problem if you're trying to go fast.
For some inexplicable reason, I am having to really force myself to keep my eyes up...
... searching for the next turn or obstacle.
Instead, I find myself rather myopic (kids, that means only seeing what's right in front of me.)
The result is instead of being in a state of flow, I often find myself being reactive and overly cautious.
Do I need glasses?
Mmmmmaybe.
But, I don't think so.
In fact, after a deep dive into 10X Is Easier Than 2X, I'm convinced my vision has just gotten lazy on the bike.
Lazy?
Maybe not the right word.
Bad habits?
It could be I've been doing more road riding and it is so easy to just focus on staying glued to the wheel I'm drafting off.
In the 10X Book, Dan and Ben propose that by focusing on 10X goals our mind will develop the pathways to get us there.
Rather than looking far down the trail and having the faith my body will fill in the gaps...
... which is what it does when I'm in a state of flow,
when the stakes are sky high...
... I'm looking only a few feet ahead.
This puts me in a much more reactive state when ripping, far from flow. Much more of...
... a state of Oh, shift!
Not good.
Slow.
Not joyful.
Danger.
Where I should be loose and attacking,
I'm tense,
rigid.
The only cure I can think of is to get out on the trails more,
and go a lot faster than I've been going lately...
... because going 10 times faster,
used to feel a whole lot easier.
https://pedalindustries.com/collections/the-way-of-the-racer
One of the secrets to going faster is...
... expecting good things to happen.
I talk about this in Chapter 4.
https://pedalindustries.com/collections/the-way-of-the-racer
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165.8
8 hrs
RaceDay Ready Strength Work
20 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling
Podcast:
https://www.strava.com/athletes/10248