[DVBC] NYTimes.com: I'm Not Really Running, I'm Not Really Running...

[Chaga, Debra]

Interesting article which states "Without realizing what I was doing, I
dissociated a few months ago, in the middle of a long, fast bike ride.
I'd become so tired that I could not hold the pace going up hills. Then
I hit upon a method - I focused only on the seat of the rider in front
of me and did not look at the hill or what was to come. And I
concentrated on my cadence, counting pedal strokes, thinking of nothing
else. It worked. Now I know why."  
 
I've actually employed that technique in the past.  During the 2006 ToPA
going to Wellsboro I remember climbing Bald Eagle Mtn and not looking at
the road up the mountain.  I'd pick a sign or rock or tree a little way
up.  I also regularly just look a few feet ahead of me on a tough hill
so I'm not looking at what more I've got to do.  On Sycamore Mills Rd, I
watch for the school sign and know that once I've hit that that the
torture is over.
 
Thanks Larry.
 
Debbie
 


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The "inner game" of cycling. 

HEALTH / FITNESS & NUTRITION   | December 6, 2007 
Personal Best:  I'm Not Really Running, I'm Not Really Running...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/health/nutrition/06Best.html?ex=11976
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By GINA KOLATA 
Using mental tricks, or dissociating, can get you to the finish line
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