#9: Be Social
In the end, it’s really important to do your workouts in the context of your friendships. If you really think you are going to break some world record, you are deluding yourself. Konstantin kept talking about the “race” we were training for. For a while I would correct him to say all this hard work was really just to go for a very long and hard ride with two of my best friends.
One of the really cool things about riding is that everybody has a GPS device that collects all kinds of data about every ride. So even if you live three thousand miles from your riding buddies, you can share daily workouts with each other. And in my case I could bitch about riding in subzero temperatures while my friends rode in beautiful Southern California sunshine.
I’ve run marathons, been really into yoga for years, and tried my hand at the martial arts. But I finally settled on road bike riding because it’s easy on my old man joints, a bunch of my friends are into it, there’s plenty of gearhead stuff to think about, and it combines tough aerobic activity with a great view. I have friends who swear by tennis, swimming, and even golf. Regarding the skintight cycling clothing. It is amazing how men can now only wear such clothing if the clothing has ‘clear utility’, otherwise the clothes now are ‘only for women’… Read more »
Esta excelente la retórica que se asocia directamente a la catarxis aunque en apariencia pertenece al estereotipo satanizado de macho. Esta muy simpático y crea camaradería. Un abrazo.