WHY PILES OF MILES BRINGS SMILES ON RACEDAY
PROS HAVE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE and rarely share it during their careers. If they do, it often lacks relatable context. But, sometimes they drop gold...
... like the famous Eddy Merckx method.
Eddy, how do you dominate every race you enter?
Piles of miles.
The follow up question I would have asked...
... How does that work?
Here are some reasons why piles of miles create smiles.
Implicit in Eddy's quip is repetition.
Repetition makes hard look easy...
.. because our skills increase with more reps.
Where a novice struggles with...
- bonking
- a paceline
- a smooth pedal stroke
- cleaning a techy single track
- carve a swooping turn at max speed
... an experienced racer does it all with ease and grace.
It's not so much genetics,
or being lucky...
... as the reps.
Overtime, it's practically a lock we will become proficient.
Even, expert.
Then there's the endurance component.
If we are riding piles of miles, we can't be full out day after day. That would lead to burnout, and massive fatigue...
... intensity just isn't sustainable in large quantities.
However, we can ride what we moderns call Zone 2.
According to Stephen Seiler, Inigo San Millan and other cutting edge thinkers, we can ride Zone 2 almost endlessly...
... and continue to see gains.
And there's a bonus,
when the opportunity arises,
we can easily ride almost any distance.
Because we've put in the time,
piles of miles,
the reps.
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160.7
7.75 hrs
Push Ups, Pull Ups, Squats, Nordic Curls
20 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling
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