I'm kind of addicted to this thing,but it's revealed too much about myself .
I started using it to help recover from last years accident and it's done a great job keeping me on track and motivated to recover fully ,but...
1)I suck as a cyclist.I have NO power compared to people on Strava that I know and if they do ride with me it's cuz their legs are tired from the 25 miler they did before lunch.
2)I love road bikes.I love to look at them,to ogle over the carbon fiber and the newest cool techy stuff on them.But,after about an hour,..Im done.I have no Idea how these guys ride for hours on end.Although,I do like riding in traffic.It wakes me up and makes me think I could be a bike courier....if I liked riding for hours on end and people didn't mind their packages being hours late.
3)I think everyone else likes riding their bikes alot more than I do.I mean, I rode for 45minutes 5 days ago,isn't that enough?
4)I've quickly figured out that the fast guys in pro class have an innate skill/fitness/balls combination that they are born with and they've figured out that their natural abilities combined with effort,gets you somewhere.This is not me.I may have some of the "balls" ,but just enough to get me short of the podium and usually in an ER.
5)Also,I suck at cycling.I only enjoy going down a mtn really fast on a DH bike.Like 35-45 mph range.I don't like climbing much at all.I wish I did.Alot of people seem to get a sense of accomplishment with it.I just get what I guess feels like an aneurism and a certainty that lactic builds up in my legs at 8x the normal amount.
So,thanks Strava.I hate you and love you at the same time.I love your sexy techy-ness and your brutal honesty and I hate,well...I hate that youve pointed out that the bar of "good cyclist" is further away than I want it to be.
See,you tommorow,damn Strava .
I started using it to help recover from last years accident and it's done a great job keeping me on track and motivated to recover fully ,but...
1)I suck as a cyclist.I have NO power compared to people on Strava that I know and if they do ride with me it's cuz their legs are tired from the 25 miler they did before lunch.
2)I love road bikes.I love to look at them,to ogle over the carbon fiber and the newest cool techy stuff on them.But,after about an hour,..Im done.I have no Idea how these guys ride for hours on end.Although,I do like riding in traffic.It wakes me up and makes me think I could be a bike courier....if I liked riding for hours on end and people didn't mind their packages being hours late.
3)I think everyone else likes riding their bikes alot more than I do.I mean, I rode for 45minutes 5 days ago,isn't that enough?
4)I've quickly figured out that the fast guys in pro class have an innate skill/fitness/balls combination that they are born with and they've figured out that their natural abilities combined with effort,gets you somewhere.This is not me.I may have some of the "balls" ,but just enough to get me short of the podium and usually in an ER.
5)Also,I suck at cycling.I only enjoy going down a mtn really fast on a DH bike.Like 35-45 mph range.I don't like climbing much at all.I wish I did.Alot of people seem to get a sense of accomplishment with it.I just get what I guess feels like an aneurism and a certainty that lactic builds up in my legs at 8x the normal amount.
So,thanks Strava.I hate you and love you at the same time.I love your sexy techy-ness and your brutal honesty and I hate,well...I hate that youve pointed out that the bar of "good cyclist" is further away than I want it to be.
See,you tommorow,damn Strava .