So far all about medical issues – good grief posti rich.
So how about expectations?
After riding well and finding my feet with Road biking last year, I decided this was the year of the Race. Dropped a stone, power/pace numbers went up as did my perception of performance. So I started to race.
But I didn’t appreciated all that was required. It’s been hard work mentally being lapped on road crits, yet putting in relatively strong performances on sportives and on local mtb races. Clearly I’ve improved, but not enough.
I’m in a funk at the moment whilst having a drop of performance and not sure if I’m wasting my time with all the effort – I can’t do much more around my work / family life – I mean, what’s the point in sweating your arse off and paying the entry fees just to “lose”? On the flip side someone said to me “think of the caterham F1 team; they’ll never win except by circumstance, but they have to be at a certain level just to take part. That in it’s own is an achievement for all involved”
So I’m actually not sure whether it’s been a bad year a good year or an educational year. In reality I just wanted to show my 5yo whose really into bikes that Daddy was good at something; whereas the reality is he’ll realise when he’s old enough that those medals hanging on his bedroom door are finishers medals, and effectively mean sod all.
Meh.