tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24428827828396378.post5343530484747778772..comments2023-08-14T08:47:05.215-07:00Comments on Extending boundaries with endurance cycling: Giving upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24428827828396378.post-18548369745953651322014-11-14T13:31:04.898-08:002014-11-14T13:31:04.898-08:00Thanks for your comments Tim. Yes, we definitely ...Thanks for your comments Tim. Yes, we definitely share the same goals and I've enjoyed racing and riding with you. It's great having friends out there. Well done on the TdM! See you on the road sometime! :-) AndrewAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15940211773376097258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24428827828396378.post-87305014903254756262014-11-14T11:57:35.555-08:002014-11-14T11:57:35.555-08:00as always Andrew, so considered thoughts. I have a...as always Andrew, so considered thoughts. I have as you know similar goals, and more DNF's. Some mental failures, but most physical. What I have learnt lately is that the more mental pressure I let in, the greater the chance of failure. In my 4 at the lake my DNF was down to my Knee blowing out, the reality was how ever a niggle played on my mind and let me quit when in reality physically and endurance wise I could have finished. The other factor was that I made a big deal about it, as I did other events, talked it up, celebrated before the event and then DNFed. Yet 2 weeks ago I did my longest ever non-stop ride of just shy of 500km. Limited support, kept it quiet and only told a very few people. I completed it simply because I put no extra performance pressures on myself to do so. To add to it all it was shocking weather, howling wind for 3 out of the 4 laps, rain around 3am, hot foot and bad cramps when at the furthest point from safety, on my own in the pitch black, and yet at no point did "quit" and go home pass my mind, and yet the nature of the course , The TDM, passed my front door twice on each lap.Tim "The Potato Guy" Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499379206529975670noreply@blogger.com