View Single Post
Old 08-05-17, 03:35 PM
  #21  
mollusk
Elite Fred
 
mollusk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Edge City
Posts: 10,945

Bikes: 2009 Spooky (cracked frame), 2006 Curtlo, 2002 Lemond (current race bike) Zurich, 1987 Serotta Colorado, 1986 Cannondale for commuting, a 1984 Cannondale on loan to my son

Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 60 Post(s)
Liked 42 Times in 19 Posts
Originally Posted by Racer Ex
Race not to lose, and you'll seldom win.
+1000

Originally Posted by Racer Ex
Another bit of mental toughness is self awareness. If you're not the best sprinter in the field, you can either settle for that 8th or throw yourself into breaks and work. It's tough to be in a 6 moves that don't work and be done when the field sprint starts.
Even better is if you watch break attempts 1 through 5 fail and then go all in with attempt 6th that sticks. You have got to keep your wits about you.

Originally Posted by Racer Ex
It takes mental toughness to finish 25th when you might have been lower top ten.
And who really cares if you finish 25th rather than 9th. I never did. If I was out of the money I let they other guys sprint for the line. Why bother.
mollusk is offline