Why do I suck
02-13-10, 10:19 AM
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Do you know how hard it is to do that when you suck?
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02-13-10, 10:29 AM
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Thanks for the responses guys.
I have been riding for just a couple of months and want to do a few races eventually. I suppose I haven't given it enough time and that I just need to ride more
I have been riding for just a couple of months and want to do a few races eventually. I suppose I haven't given it enough time and that I just need to ride more
02-13-10, 10:36 AM
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02-13-10, 12:26 PM
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The problem solves itself with time. Age eventually makes you slower despite your best efforts, so you come to terms with reality or injure yourself and use that as an excuse. Either way, you're covered.
I've always sucked and never had a chance of winning anything, but that never discouraged my compulsively competitive side. In the end, I decided I don't need to prove anything to anyone (including myself), so last year I resolved to be slower. I was a bit more successful at that goal than I wanted to be, so I'm still looking for the balance.
I've always sucked and never had a chance of winning anything, but that never discouraged my compulsively competitive side. In the end, I decided I don't need to prove anything to anyone (including myself), so last year I resolved to be slower. I was a bit more successful at that goal than I wanted to be, so I'm still looking for the balance.
02-13-10, 12:33 PM
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Not just riding......
Logical training program that includes recovery days, sub LT work, LT+ work [in a properly formated program] will increase you fitness much faster then just adding mileage at random.
Logical training program that includes recovery days, sub LT work, LT+ work [in a properly formated program] will increase you fitness much faster then just adding mileage at random.
02-13-10, 12:48 PM
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I guess I'm having a problem with that too. I have about one "hard" ride per week and the rest of the time I just hope on my bike and pedal at a comfortable pace. How should I vary my riding?
02-13-10, 01:20 PM
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Too bad I had to come to terms at such a young age. Not that I'll let that spoil my enjoyment of the sport. I just get to enjoy each route longer than my friends do.
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02-13-10, 01:58 PM
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Has coddling tendencies.
That said, I still suck.*
*another motivator.
02-13-10, 02:33 PM
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They're 4 days there. Add a tempo day and a longer distance day and ya got a 6 day week. Perhaps too much until one builds a fitness base [which is dependent on many personal factors.]
02-13-10, 02:35 PM
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>>Why do I suck<<
Why not?
Why not?
02-13-10, 04:50 PM
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Since you're just starting, getting on the bike and riding -- at a pace that requires effort -- is really all you need at this point. Don't get so caught up in more "advanced" training routines that it becomes drudgery. (This is supposed to be fun -- and it is, if you don't try to make it into work.)
02-13-10, 05:11 PM
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unbelievable. dude put the smokes down a few weeks ago and people are telling him that he needs interval work to get faster.
OP, just ride. it will come.
my VO2 max (amount of oxygen my body could process) more than DOUBLED when tested 12 months after quiting.
OP, just ride. it will come.
my VO2 max (amount of oxygen my body could process) more than DOUBLED when tested 12 months after quiting.
02-13-10, 05:55 PM
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Perhaps too much until one builds a fitness base [which is dependent on many personal factors.]
02-13-10, 10:11 PM
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you suck because you are.
02-13-10, 11:01 PM
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Later, in a year or two, you can get a power meter and worry about why I suck with the rest of us, well some of us, at least.
02-14-10, 05:07 AM
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02-14-10, 05:26 AM
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Embrace your suck. Discover your Self Loathing. And rejoice. You have taken the first step on the path to Pcad Cycling Zen.
02-14-10, 05:50 AM
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02-14-10, 06:02 AM
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02-14-10, 07:56 AM
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You don't suck. You used to suck before.... on cigarettes.
+1000 on quitting; you'll live much longer, and taking up cycling is only going to help more.
+1000 on quitting; you'll live much longer, and taking up cycling is only going to help more.
02-14-10, 07:56 AM
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Hang in there. The Harder you ride and the more work you put in, you will get better, but it takes work. Nothing comes easy. I started riding about 3 years ago, and the past 6 months I made a comitment to my self to get better and not get dropped on the group rides. So I started to push myself hard on group rides, stay with the group a bit longer each time. I started working out doing core and leg excersies. Pushing myself harder on the hills. Now I can hang with the A group on the group rides. I am still last up the big hills, but I am hanging with them. So don't get discouraged, you just have to push yourself to get better.
