Our passion for Sports (and I’m not referring to the type consumed from the couch, in our living room) and Competition is exquisitely primal. Direct competition, adrenaline rush, tension and relief before and after a race, all emulate the environment our brains evolved into, over several million years. From a Darwinian perspective, sports may be … Continue reading Evolutionary Racing: beyond the reptilian brain
I remember reading in my teen years about how becoming a master in one discipline would make you a master in everything: the idea was that there is just one mountain to climb, and we all climb it from different sides, via different paths. No one path is the same, but eventually most of us … Continue reading Cycling Lessons
If you are the competitive type, getting motivated for a race is not that difficult: on most race days you will push yourself and leave everything you got on the track. Motivation during competition is actually the easy part, there are intrinsic and extrinsic factors that come into play: there are spectators, teammates and your … Continue reading Motivation Monday thoughts
So I'm flying down my favorite section of singletrack in the whole Santa Monica mountains on my mountain bike, I'm flowing, feeling good. I zip thru the bushes and trees, following the dark narrow path. And here I approach a deep elbow turn, sort of a dip but with a twist, deep breath and then, … Continue reading My favorite crash site
Savvy Bike Coaching by Zen Turtle 