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What’s in YOUR bottle?
Whatever you put in your bottles, get white tops. White tops allow you to mark your secret recipes… … leaving you and your support team one less thing to screw up.
Hating that I hate to love this guy
I don’t know about you but… I love to hate my fellow racers, to find something that just makes me want to stomp their guts into the ground. You know it’s not hard to do. I find a lot to hate about myself, for example. But Smiley, Smiley just ticks me off to a whole new..
Shaft, ya, damn right
Damn… my legs feel goooooooood. Right on que, iTunes serves me up the theme song to SHAFT – the 70’s Blaxion hero. Which reminds me of 0 to 1, Peter Theil’s awesome book: Every business is successful as far as it can do what nobody else can. Competing is stupid. Isn’t that what winning is..
Look At These Cowboys
Look at these cowboys! Smiling, happy, and on the top of the podium. The two on the right, Mike and Mark, ride in our local group ride. They’ve gone from being shot out the back, to shooting off the front… simply by coming out each week and hanging on a little further. They clawed their..
If you’re a cyclist in Southern California,
and it’s raining… you have two choices: A. Stick to your training schedule. B. Take a day off. If you opt for A, you’re basically telling the entire world cycling is more important than: rest, family, work, reading, hot chocolate, watching movies, sleeping in, long dinners, a fireplace, singing (in the rain), visiting friends, writing..
USA Cycling’s “Race Predictor”
USA Cycling’s “Race Predictor” is maddeningly accurate, kinda. The sooner you sign up the higher it ranks you… because you are among the few eager beavers who sign up early. The “pros” wait until the last minute. Why? I dunno. To psych each out? To mess with the promoter? To be sure they only sign up..
I look stupid…
“You two should be out on the dance floor.” “Todd’s tired, he did a big bike race today”. (Ugh… damn woman!) I’m not on the dance floor because the lights are too bright and my dance moves will look awful. Not, because I’m too tired. Later that night: “Lover, could we not mention the “big..
How To Win The Race
First, you must decide what is a win. Finishing? Beating you friends? Reaching a new PR? Breaking into the top 10? Standing on the top step of the podium? Winners know what winning is.
5 easy tricks to a lean, mean racing machine
1. Pick up a barbell that equals how much weight you want to lose. Imagine tossing that overboard on your next climb, or hanging it in the back of your buddy’s jersey. It’s a lot more than just the weight, it’s also all the resources that tissue is using – oxygen, nutrients, blood. Think about that..
My goal last year was to ride less, and get faster
My goal last year was to ride less, and get faster. Mission accomplished. My unwritten, back of the mind goal was to keep the riding around 10 hours/week. Can’t say it was shocking that Strava had me down for 521 hours in 2015, but I was a little surprised at how spot on my estimate..
Sometime you just have to pick one.
Sometime you just have to pick one. Right now I pick to focus on MTB Marathon Champs. I’m picking this over MTB XC Champs, Whisky 50, Leadville, all the road races… because, it’s the one I stand the best chance of winning. You have to pick one, or the training just isn’t good enough… quickly..
