WHAT I REMEMBERED WATCHING DAKAR AFRICA THIS WEEK
WE ALL KNOW FAMILIARITY with the race course always pays off. We can go faster everywhere, carry our momentum better, brake later, even in the blind turns...
... if only it were that easy.
It's not.
Few have the resources...
- time
- money
- equipment
... to dedicate to dialing in the course.
I was reminded of that watching Dakar Africa this week,
(gotta watch something while stretching).
Guys on huge offroad motos,
blasting across the desert sands,
with absolutely zero course knowledge.
The potential for launching off a rolling dune...
... only to find the other side is straight down 50-300 feet.
Is high,
deathly high.
These were my thoughts this morning as I tackled rarely open single track...
... how do those guys do it, and live?
Same way we do.
By riding all kinds of terrain, as often as possible...
... learning to the read the signs mother earth is giving us.
Some might say road is more predictable, to which I'll say...
... nothing is predictable going 50+mph in our underpants.
Go new places, ftw.
So when you race new places...
... it's for the win.
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Weekly Power Zone Totals
| Weekly Zone Totals | ||||
| 17-Jan | ||||
| Z7 | 0:14:48 | 1:03:48 | 8% | |
| Z6 | 0:22:26 | |||
| Z5 | 0:26:34 | |||
| Z4 | 0:45:26 | 0:45:26 | 6% | |
| Z3 | 2:02:00 | 2:02:00 | 15% | |
| Z2 | 3:34:00 | 9:31:00 | 71% | |
| Z1 | 5:57:00 | |||
| 13:22:14 | ||||
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165.4 lbs/12.6%
635 Anti-Oxidant Score
7ish hours sleep
no Upper Body: push ups, pull ups, dips
no Lower Body: split squats, nordic curls, heel raises, toe raises
90 minutes Reading/Journaling
94/107/-13 (fitness/fatigue/form per Strava - probably worthless data)