...A Sign...

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...taking a day off IS NOT a sign of weakness, it's a sign of
intelligence!

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...look: many people do not make it to the starting line due
to overtraining, bad recovery techniques.. or this one: not
knowing when to slow down, backoff or to stop!

...i bring this up due to the fact that one of your teammates
has the sniffles and is probably thinking all sorts of ways
to train anyway or is feeling inferior due to it....

...for that person to train anyway would be that person
serving their emotional insecurities, quick fix, short term
tunnel vision emotions, all while, TAKING THEIR SIGHT OFF
THEIR BIGGER GOAL... the prize: THEIR RACE DAY NEEDS !

...everyone needs to be sharp, rested, whole, hungry, fueled,
prepared mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually to
CREATE a persoanl best on race day...

... a few days off now, or EVEN, the WEEKEND OFF, as long as
it served the longer term goal: RACE DAY NEEDS, may be the
most important decision that person makes the entire training
season....

...you all know now: the most important ride is next
weekend's long ride. we should all serve ourselves and
needs to be our strongest for that weekends' ride... then
recover, taper, sharpen for 12 days and get to the race sight
whole and ready to make that day a memorible one...

...most of you will take it one day at a time, execute
exacting, and be ready... a few of you will need to face
yourself about a few issues you continue to bring to the
table... fear, overtrained, lack of confidence, heavy stress
going on in your life, and so on... each of you CAN DO THIS,
can create a PERSONAL BEST... despite... despite the rain,
the clouds, the heat, the stress, the insecurities, and so
on...

...so relax, take it one day at a time, be patient, let the
next couple of weeks mature you... do what's needed for you,
not just the group, to make sure you are prepared for ...

..ONE DAY, ONE RACE, ONE 5-6 HOUR WINDOW.....


...and, oh yeah, HAVE FUN DOING IT, ok?

you are so close... but not there yet.

respect the process the next few weeks...

train smart. live, race, recover smarter.

gary.