Lessons We Haven't Learned Yet
I did my first race about six weeks ago. I placed in the middle of the pack, which was to be expected. I hadn't trained very long, first race, etc. I'm fine with that. But something has been bugging me ever since.
I could have done better.
I don't mean that I could have trained more or gone in with an expensive bike. I could have pushed myself harder. Much harder. Right after I finished and the nervous looking little kid handed me a bottle of water I realized that I wasn't tired enough. I still had plenty of gas in the tank so to speak.
That's been nagging at me ever since. It's not even trying to beat the others, though looking at it more competitively would probably help me. It's just that I didn't do as well as I could have. I've got three weeks to the next race and I'm not going to do that again.
2 comments:
good luck with the next race! got a heart rate monitor?
Yeah, I've got pretty much the whole Polar setup. Heart, Foot Pod, Bike Cadence and Bike Speed.
The big problem was that, it being my first race, I just didn't know if I was going to run out of gas before the end. Played it way too conservative.
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