Re: Throwing down the gauntlet

joseph.santaniello@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi All,

Next year is going to be my breakout year.

Here are my results from this year for events I care about:

Vestfold Rundt: 165km hilly with some flat in the middle in 4:42
(winners 4:10)
Baglerrunden: 62km hilly in 1:44 (winners 1:34)
Trondheim-Oslo: 540km in 18:40 (winners 14:??)
Melfar24: 592km in 24 hours on rolling hills (winner 720km)
local ITT: 10km on road bike in 14:56
local road races: I got dropped in all 5 or 6 I entered.

So I need some motivational numbers to strive for. I need some goals
and wagers from all you retards to set the bar, merciless crowd that
you are, I think this will help.

Joseph


Unless you are making money from racing or you are under 25 years of age, you will find no worthwhile motivational speech from me to race your bike. That's why top pros who retire don't compete in master's categories.

Racing for "fun" is stupid and not even a top pro could find the incentive (or logical reason) to put in the necessary training and travelling when the benefit is NOTHING.

So if you want to ride faster, the first thing you need to learn is you cannot fabricate motivation when there really is none. Amateur racing has NO MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVE unless you're still young and have the desire to do that sort of thing. It can be fun if you're in college or travelling with some buddies. But once you get to a certain age, racing is stupid, and a complete waste of time.

Once you lose incentive, don't bother trying to invent one because there really never was a worthwhile one to begin with.

Of course, you can do what most people in here do: ride 100 miles/week and spend $2,500 on a power meter and then drive 110 miles at 5 a.m. to a parking lot crit to compete for $250. And in the process, you can risk crashing and causing $1,250 in equipment damage and maybe another $3,000 in hospital bills.

If you win a lot, you can go around and tell everyone you're the No. 2 ranked Cat 3 in your district and think that actually means something in life.



Magilla
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