I had a ride recently that took all my focus and effort to just hang on. A rear cassette was all I saw for 97% of the ride.
And my hazy thought process involved this:
- What am I DOING?!!
- Do NOT let go, it will be 20x worse if you fly off the back and face the headwind alone.
- Good God my legs hurt! Don't think about your legs. Don't think about your legs.
- I'm still on this wheel!!!
- WHY didn't I take up surfing or some non-pain-inducing sport??
- WOW this is fun!
- WOW this is horrible!
- I wish I was on my couch.
- There is no place I'd rather be right now.
- I'm going to fall off, I can't hold this pace.
- Two minutes, you can do anything for two minutes.
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True story. Love the post. Going to think about it next time I am in the box.
-TG
Love the "2 minutes...you can do anything for 2 minutes". I may need to borrow that for a few "2 minute" intervals!
oh yeah, good times.
In the 1999 Women's World Cup, sports psychologist Colleen Hacker had Kate Markgraf wear a hair band or rubber band on her wrist.
Every 2 minutes she was to snap it, as the 90-minute game was overwhelming for Markgraf.
Instead of focusing on the big game, Markgraf focused on 2 minutes 45 times (plus the extra time).
So, yes, 2 minutes is an excellent way of approaching something deemed "big" or other by ourselves.
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