Just go faster...

Going into lap two I was feeling slow and starting to think about going into control mode. As I rolled through the stat finish they yelled 22 minutes, that was the same as my first lap last week! I wasn't as slow as I felt so I tried to keep the tempo up. Then two things went threw my head in quick succession.

1. My daughters sweet little voice saying "Just go faster, Daddy" So simple a 5 1/2 year old can grasp it, if you want to do better just go faster. I laughed and thought yep it's that simple, I'll just pedal faster.
2. I thought about playing a Mario Kart racing game with my daughter before heading off to the race and picking a car that had better acceleration and not quite as much speed. I thought it's all about acceleration not just power.

So I whipped up my cadence and chased the rabbits. I started making up ground, the technical sections came easier (I still suck, but they were better). All because I was working on acceleration instead of trying to power through everything. Ahh revelations mid race!! I kept the gas on, the pedals spinin' and cruised through the last laps. I never quite caught back on to the chasers, but my lap times were much better than last week.

Despite felling much worse this week my overall time was minutes faster and my three lap times were very consistent. In fact my second lap was faster than the first despite the eye ball bleeding pace of the opening lap. So another week in the books. I worked on what I wanted, got the laps consistent and I was faster overall. Now I just have to find the leg speed to turn some bigger gears... it will come.

I learned to "Just go Faster" even if you aren't feeling it, sometimes acceleration is better than power and to listen to your children they may just be smarter than you.

savor the small stuff...