Originally Posted by carleton

Remember this. You'll read this a few months from now and have a good laugh at yourself.


This reminds me of a funny story. I had to walk maybe 2 miles to my high school every morning. My neighbor and I would walk together. One morning my shoe came untied soon after we got started. I handed him my backpack to hold as I tied my shoe. He was so busy telling me a story that he forgot to hand it back to me while we continued walking to school. He didn't realize until we got to campus that he'd carried both mine and his backpacks the entire way. I wasn't gonna say a word. I was grinning the whole time.

Staying on the front of the pack is rookie mistake #1. No one (except a teammate*) is going to relieve you of that duty voluntarily

They took advantage of your generosity and spent maybe 30% less energy than you did as they followed you around for 8 laps.


*team tactics are in Chapter 5.