http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/03/news/j-pows-journal-pacific-plunges-and-seals-training_108235
The bottom half of this article spoke to me about all of our racing challenges and our connection through this blog. I know Jeremy and he understands what hard racing, competition, and teamwork is all about. When it really hurts and we see others falling off the pace, or dropping out, our mind can start to play tricks. We sometimes start making allowances, this is exactly the time we need to refocus and challenge our bodies to overcome, and push through the pain. It defines us as competitors, and can lead to the results we all dream about. I think we should have fun, but for "sick" competitors like us there is something fun about going to that pain cave and coming out ahead of others. Although we all compete individually our accountability on this blog is our "teams" way of holding each other up.
Let's all keep pushing through our life, work, and training challenges and keep the bar high. You guys motivate and inspire me to keep my water bottle held up high!
Schmidty
1 comment:
Love it! Thanks for sharing, Schmidt Dog. This is so true. A lot of us have to train alone and while we think we are giving it all we have on those hard training days, having someone there to push us always brings out just a little more. There is nothing like it.
This is a big reason to make sure we find someone better than we are to train with occasionally and/or enter a few B and C races along the way. These are a great way to push a little harder and really test ourselves.
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