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01-25-15, 07:49 AM
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01-25-15, 07:51 AM
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Still can't climb
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I love this.
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
01-25-15, 08:01 AM
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01-25-15, 08:02 AM
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Still can't climb
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so much yelling and shoving. really surprised me.
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
01-25-15, 08:15 AM
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Nah, I don't think YOU would like yourself if you couldn't drop and do 20.
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01-25-15, 08:27 AM
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What do you think it's like? It's like every single day of your life. There were people better than them when they were young. There will be people better than them when they are old. What difference does it make? Let the fools keep score. The rest of us have too many more important things to do than worry about winning a bike race.
01-25-15, 08:35 AM
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What do you think it's like? It's like every single day of your life. There were people better than them when they were young. There will be people better than them when they are old. What difference does it make? Let the fools keep score. The rest of us have too many more important things to do than worry about winning a bike race.
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
01-25-15, 08:53 AM
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01-25-15, 08:55 AM
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01-25-15, 08:56 AM
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01-25-15, 09:00 AM
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What do you think it's like? It's like every single day of your life. There were people better than them when they were young. There will be people better than them when they are old. What difference does it make? Let the fools keep score. The rest of us have too many more important things to do than worry about winning a bike race.
01-25-15, 09:06 AM
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01-25-15, 09:11 AM
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01-25-15, 09:20 AM
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Some may be fools for keeping score, but there are fools of a different variety that don't understand that winning a bike race isn't necessarily about, well, winning a bike race.
01-25-15, 09:39 AM
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Its about trying for excellence. Racing makes sense to me. I'm not a racer but what racers are doing makes sense to me because they are always trying to be better. Their yardstick is different than mine, that's all.
And look at Bunny, just started, went out there as a newby and did something very hard, and did it well. I have nothing but respect for that.
01-25-15, 10:26 AM
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Its about trying for excellence. Racing makes sense to me. I'm not a racer but what racers are doing makes sense to me because they are always trying to be better. Their yardstick is different than mine, that's all.
And look at Bunny, just started, went out there as a newby and did something very hard, and did it well. I have nothing but respect for that.
And look at Bunny, just started, went out there as a newby and did something very hard, and did it well. I have nothing but respect for that.
Lest you think that my attitude would be different if I were a more accomplished cyclist, just look at him whose name shall not...never mind, just look at Lance Armstrong. No one is ever good enough to guarantee that their competitive results will satisfy them. I choose to be satisfied no matter what happens on the bike. And to bring the conversation full circle, I would recommend that to the oldsters that coasting was taunting, too.
01-25-15, 10:33 AM
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01-25-15, 10:34 AM
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I am all for excelling. I just choose my battles. I don't need to win but I need to try my best. I can't stand those who do not make an effort at something they have a natural aptitude at.
Some things I just suck at and I do it because I enjoy it. I still suck. Some things I know I could do well and I should try harder.
Some things I just suck at and I do it because I enjoy it. I still suck. Some things I know I could do well and I should try harder.
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
01-25-15, 10:34 AM
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01-25-15, 10:37 AM
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01-25-15, 10:38 AM
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01-25-15, 10:44 AM
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Professional apathy is underrated.
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01-25-15, 10:50 AM
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Me too. What my comments were about was the need to excel to be happy. Coasting was taunting the oldies for getting whupped by a youngster. I know very well he was joking, and it was all in fun. But the whole exercise was based on the common premise that they should be ashamed of losing. To me shame isn't consistent with happiness. Since I choose to be happy rather than let it depend upon my performance in athletics, I can't buy into the need to win as a means of enhancing self worth. Hence my comments that it is foolish to pursue the possibility of glory rather than the security of happiness. QED
Lest you think that my attitude would be different if I were a more accomplished cyclist, just look at him whose name shall not...never mind, just look at Lance Armstrong. No one is ever good enough to guarantee that their competitive results will satisfy them. I choose to be satisfied no matter what happens on the bike. And to bring the conversation full circle, I would recommend that to the oldsters that coasting was taunting, too.
Lest you think that my attitude would be different if I were a more accomplished cyclist, just look at him whose name shall not...never mind, just look at Lance Armstrong. No one is ever good enough to guarantee that their competitive results will satisfy them. I choose to be satisfied no matter what happens on the bike. And to bring the conversation full circle, I would recommend that to the oldsters that coasting was taunting, too.
01-25-15, 10:50 AM
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01-25-15, 10:55 AM
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