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

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I do that all the time, and on the Washington trip it almost did me in.  After going across the dam, we had a rather steep climb.  I was counting pedal strokes, and would look up every now and then.  I did not see the curb ahead until the last minute and had to veer into the road (Route 1) to avoid running straight into it.  If there had been a car there, well.... 

From: "Chaga, Debra" <Debra.Chaga at ssa.gov>
Date: 2007/12/07 Fri AM 07:31:49 CST
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E-Mail ThisInteresting 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               Â  | December 6, 2007 
Personal               Best:Â  I'm Not Really Running, I'm Not Really Running...               
By GINA KOLATA 
Using mental               tricks, or dissociating, can get you to the finish line faster.               
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