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Mind matters.<\/p>\n

Due my workload I almost skipped my lunch run today, but I like to keep it as the one sacred constant in my day, so I headed out for the trail. But it was tough, I had low energy and that sapped my enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

My thoughts turned to a couple of friends I lost earlier this year, each had a passion for life and a great sense of humor. I had no doubt they would relish being in my shoes, no matter how bad I thought my day was. As someone once said, every day above ground is a good day.<\/p>\n

\"TrailMy mood changed, the tiredness was not gone but it was forgotten, pushed aside and impotent. I chose to ignore it. I picked a work problem to solve, took a few deep breaths, soaked in the sunlight and dancing shadows, then ran on with the purpose of clarifying my problem and coming up with a solution.<\/p>\n

I had a good run. I didn\u2019t definitively solve my problem, but I do have some promising options to try.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve said before, mindset is everything, almost. There’s the matter part too, but…<\/p>\n

\"Mindset<\/a>Mindset makes or takes\u2026 your energy, your motivation, your purpose.<\/p>\n

In bike racing it\u2019s commonly said that training is 90% physical, 10% mental; but racing is 90% mental.<\/p>\n

The strongest rider often doesn\u2019t win, because some other guy or gal wanted it more, and was prepared to dig deeper, and deeper\u2026 until everyone else cracked.<\/p>\n

With that preamble (I promise to be brief tomorrow!) here\u2019s a good article by pro triathlete and performance coach Danelle Kabush on some tricks to gain control of your mind to have a more successful ride:<\/p>\n

Train Your Brain to Survive the Ride<\/h2>\n

http:\/\/www.bicycling.com\/training\/tips\/train-your-brain-survive-ride<\/a><\/p>\n

BTW, her last tip, on how you\u2019re lucky to be riding in the rain\u2026 I\u2019d go further. I used to relish cold, rainy days, because most cyclists would take the day off, and I knew it was a day to make marginal gains on them. It\u2019s not so much how much you do, but how much more you do than them.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no one big thing you can do, but consistency in doing *every little thing* that you can do\u2026 pays off big.<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. For a good movie on the power of the mind, watch \u201cTouching the Void.\u201d It\u2019s on Neflix, and it\u2019s a true story, the dramatized documentary with interviews with the two key characters involved. When you think you\u2019re having a hard time on the bike, or a bad day, you\u2019ll have a very vivid and concrete example of what a bad day really looks like.<\/p>\n

You might also like…<\/h2>\n

\"MindsetHow Bad Do You Want It?Mastering\u00a0the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle
\n– by Matt Fitzgerald <\/a><\/p>\n

Get practical, actionable guidance that you can use every day, to enjoy more success in sport and in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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