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Monday Mar 28, 2016 #
6 PM
Cycling (MTB) 45:16 [3] 13.1 km (17.4 kph) +150m
Some mountain biking in Watershed and Everest Parks in Kirkland, because it was too nice not to be outside. Almost crashed only once.
Was thinking recently about how beneficial it is to have guys like J and the Bonesaw (and Peteris and Nikolay) - i.e. guys who are better than you at various of the different orienteering skills and techniques - around. When you go up against them every weekend, you're constantly pushed to be better or be left in the dust, which (if you channel it the right way) gives you a consistent source of motivation and purpose, and you end up improving almost by osmosis. Then you go to a big national meet, say a Champs or a TT, and find that the competition isn't dissimilar to one of your local races - only difference is there are more J's and Bonesaws - so it doesn't psyche you out because it's what you see all the time. Not everyone has that in their local club, so I consider myself lucky.
P.S. I suppose this is why people move to Europe.
Was thinking recently about how beneficial it is to have guys like J and the Bonesaw (and Peteris and Nikolay) - i.e. guys who are better than you at various of the different orienteering skills and techniques - around. When you go up against them every weekend, you're constantly pushed to be better or be left in the dust, which (if you channel it the right way) gives you a consistent source of motivation and purpose, and you end up improving almost by osmosis. Then you go to a big national meet, say a Champs or a TT, and find that the competition isn't dissimilar to one of your local races - only difference is there are more J's and Bonesaws - so it doesn't psyche you out because it's what you see all the time. Not everyone has that in their local club, so I consider myself lucky.
P.S. I suppose this is why people move to Europe.