Practice, desire and persistence. The biggest key is learning how to fuel yourself for consistent performace over long periods of time. At least it was for me. Chocolate milk forever!!!
On 5/11/09, John Rikkers <sterc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do you need to be genetically gifted to perform at that level, or are these > feats the result of practice, desire and persistence? > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < > thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> When I signed in for a 200k last weekend, I noted that the 40 people >> who signed in ahead of me were in general 15-30 years older (I'm 32). >> Of the people who finished within the time limit, I was among the >> last. The guy who finished a few minutes after me was about a year >> younger than me, and may have been the youngest of the group. I'm >> pretty sure I could have easily shaved an hour off my time by pushing >> myself harder and taking less time at stops, but I still would have >> been a slowpoke. A lot of guys my dad's age beat my time by 4 hours! >> >> On May 10, 4:36 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > All of you riders who do double centuries and brevets (on heavy Rivs): >> how >> > old are you? >> > >> > Patrick "seeking for any excuse" More >> > >> > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
