Comments for Work Harder http://workharder.wordpress.com A blog for the endurance obsessed: triathlon, cycling, running, racing. Wed, 28 May 2008 13:28:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Pet? Child? No, it’s just… by polythene http://workharder.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/pet-child-no-its-just/#comment-382 polythene Wed, 28 May 2008 13:28:23 +0000 http://workharder.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/pet-child-no-its-just/#comment-382 polythene says : I absolutely agree with this ! polythene says : I absolutely agree with this !

]]> Comment on Pet? Child? No, it’s just… by Captain Dondo http://workharder.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/pet-child-no-its-just/#comment-7 Captain Dondo Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:09:55 +0000 http://workharder.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/pet-child-no-its-just/#comment-7 That's nice, Bucky, but if you get the urge to sleep with it, well, maybe we should revisit that girlfriend discussion we had some months ago. That’s nice, Bucky, but if you get the urge to sleep with it, well, maybe we should revisit that girlfriend discussion we had some months ago.

]]> Comment on Take a Hike by Dondo http://workharder.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/take-a-hike/#comment-6 Dondo Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:06:38 +0000 http://workharder.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/take-a-hike/#comment-6 I think Doomed Mouse would be a good name for a band. I also think today's endurance training is like teaching to the test. When I was the young Turk, nobody talked about "garbage miles." They were just miles, and we rode them. But, then again, I also raced up to six days a week. On the seventh day (Monday, usually) I just sat in a corner and drooled. We had a road race on Tuesdays, points race Wednesdays, nuther road race Thursdays, prologue (4 mile) TT on Friday, then sanctioned stuff on Saturday and Sunday. We rode to and from the weekly club races for a total of 300-350 miles a week. We also ate iron girders and peed nails. Arrrrgghh! I think Doomed Mouse would be a good name for a band. I also think today’s endurance training is like teaching to the test. When I was the young Turk, nobody talked about “garbage miles.” They were just miles, and we rode them. But, then again, I also raced up to six days a week. On the seventh day (Monday, usually) I just sat in a corner and drooled. We had a road race on Tuesdays, points race Wednesdays, nuther road race Thursdays, prologue (4 mile) TT on Friday, then sanctioned stuff on Saturday and Sunday. We rode to and from the weekly club races for a total of 300-350 miles a week. We also ate iron girders and peed nails. Arrrrgghh!

]]> Comment on Flats and Gatsby by Captain Dondo http://workharder.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/flats-and-gatsby/#comment-5 Captain Dondo Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:43:06 +0000 http://workharder.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/flats-and-gatsby/#comment-5 Ahhh. Now we all feel better. I worked with Bevan for two years before he ever spoke to me directly--and I ended up being the best man at his wedding some years later. So don't discount those silences. Cyclocross is a brutal and Darwinian form of our two-wheeled addiction. I'm still not believing that I'm not going to try it again before too long. My knees may have a different opinion, however. I'd recommend shorter postings more often, if only to ease your burden. But these long ones rock. Work harder, not smarter. Or something like that. Ahhh. Now we all feel better. I worked with Bevan for two years before he ever spoke to me directly–and I ended up being the best man at his wedding some years later. So don’t discount those silences. Cyclocross is a brutal and Darwinian form of our two-wheeled addiction. I’m still not believing that I’m not going to try it again before too long. My knees may have a different opinion, however.

I’d recommend shorter postings more often, if only to ease your burden. But these long ones rock. Work harder, not smarter. Or something like that.

]]> Comment on Flats and Gatsby by Bevan http://workharder.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/flats-and-gatsby/#comment-4 Bevan Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:46:26 +0000 http://workharder.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/flats-and-gatsby/#comment-4 Yeah, it's about time! I must be OCD too. That must be why I've jotted down every mile I've ridden since 1978 -- but I'll never add them up! Or why I've written down every book I've read since Dec. 1st, 1981. Anyway I'm not obsessing about bike riding much lately, except maybe for the not much riding part. But it still bothers me that I flatted and DNF'ed out of 'cross races twice. Ten years between the two times didn't help any. I think the only other time I DNF'ed from a race was when my derailleur got torn off during a mountain bike race in the early '90s ... in Wrentham! Yeah, it’s about time! I must be OCD too. That must be why I’ve jotted down every mile I’ve ridden since 1978 — but I’ll never add them up! Or why I’ve written down every book I’ve read since Dec. 1st, 1981. Anyway I’m not obsessing about bike riding much lately, except maybe for the not much riding part. But it still bothers me that I flatted and DNF’ed out of ‘cross races twice. Ten years between the two times didn’t help any. I think the only other time I DNF’ed from a race was when my derailleur got torn off during a mountain bike race in the early ’90s … in Wrentham!

]]> Comment on The Games People Play by Captain Dondo http://workharder.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/the-games-people-play/#comment-3 Captain Dondo Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:30:50 +0000 http://workharder.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/the-games-people-play/#comment-3 Okay, Mr. Leisure time. I made it out today for a shorts and short sleeves romp in the woods that included enough "I wonder if this connects?" hike-a-bike to satisfy my adventure hunger. Tomorrow I'm gonna watch you slog around the West Hill 'cross course and crank about how easy you guys have it nowadays. No swamp. Not enough dismounts. Not enough three-point uphill scrambles. That sort of thing. The older I get, the better I was, baby! I want in on the Scrabble thang. I gots words. I gots game. Okay, Mr. Leisure time. I made it out today for a shorts and short sleeves romp in the woods that included enough “I wonder if this connects?” hike-a-bike to satisfy my adventure hunger. Tomorrow I’m gonna watch you slog around the West Hill ‘cross course and crank about how easy you guys have it nowadays. No swamp. Not enough dismounts. Not enough three-point uphill scrambles. That sort of thing. The older I get, the better I was, baby!

I want in on the Scrabble thang. I gots words. I gots game.

]]> Comment on Addiction by A Certain Unnamed Ex-Racer http://workharder.wordpress.com/2006/11/04/addiction/#comment-2 A Certain Unnamed Ex-Racer Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:31:08 +0000 http://workharder.wordpress.com/2006/11/04/addiction/#comment-2 I've managed to curtail my coffee habit. It wasn't that hard. Now I just drink lots and lots of espresso. I didn't win the first 'cross race of my career, but I did win the last two. And there was that blazing 38th place in the '85 natz in New Jersey. Woo-hoo! And I figured out how to stop getting ditched by girlfriends who grew bored with the monastic, on-the-road lifestyle of racing. I married another bike racer. A female one, even! But now she plays tennis. Go figure. Keep writing, laddie. You've got the goods. I’ve managed to curtail my coffee habit. It wasn’t that hard. Now I just drink lots and lots of espresso.

I didn’t win the first ‘cross race of my career, but I did win the last two. And there was that blazing 38th place in the ‘85 natz in New Jersey. Woo-hoo! And I figured out how to stop getting ditched by girlfriends who grew bored with the monastic, on-the-road lifestyle of racing. I married another bike racer. A female one, even! But now she plays tennis. Go figure.

Keep writing, laddie. You’ve got the goods.

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