Creating Luck

We have all heard this before – you create your own luck. Well, I am ready for some luck creation. I missed being lucky on the weekend during a 112km road race where I missed joining a successful breakaway at kilometre 25. I am currently focusing my efforts on being lucky at being the successful candidate for a job competition. How? Well, I have an interview, so now it is is time to learn as much about the position as possible and then prepare, prepare, prepare. I am tired of being unlucky!

TT: Pain and Suffering

Now I remember why I don`t like Time Trials. Today`s event was only 10km, but that translated into 14 min. of pain. Sure, attitude is important because pain really is a part of cyling much like the ‘quad’ is a part of fiqure skating. However, my leg strength is not up to where it should be – my cardio system was wondering why my legs didn’t show up. So this morning there was suffering. Tonight is a criterium where in addition to pain mangement, strategy becomes an important variable. I need  to remember the distinction between pain and suffering. As indicated pain is inevitable if you want to race a bike, while suffering is what happens when you focus on the pain and not on your goals.

Motivation

Motivation is an extremely powerful force. What motivates? Motivation in my mind is largely internal, but also very learned. When I think about what motivates me, there is an intrinsic drive - but also, much of the motivation is derived from my experiences. For instance, current career aspirations and cycling objectives and many of my life goals would never have gained a priority focus for me if it hadn`t  been for the failures, successes and other learnings from being a `partcipant`. Such experiences  have forced me to question and assess priorities on a continual basis. In a nutshell, I feel fortunate to have a healthy motivational drive.  Competition is healthy! On another note, I have a conscience to look out for the underdog.