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wilkson said:
I don't know anyone who is financially in front from racing
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My cousin went through 1/2 $M inheritance money real quick racing - all he had at the end was a truck with a ton of miles on it, a nice enclosed trailer, and used bikes that were worth pennies on the dollar

A investment strategy it ain't....
 
youngR said:
Pretty hardcore.

Curious, do you have a day job or is racing your job? I evny you. :D
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I have a day job, hence waking up at 3am to start my first workout. :)

Then I have to prepare food to take to the office with me because I don't eat fast food.

I am lucky if I am asleep before 1030-11pm. Then I wake up at 3 and start all over again.
 
Chaotic said:
I have a day job, hence waking up at 3am to start my first workout. :)

Then I have to prepare food to take to the office with me because I don't eat fast food.

I am lucky if I am asleep before 1030-11pm. Then I wake up at 3 and start all over again.
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hard working and dedicated man.
 
youngR said:
hard working and dedicated man.
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Cheers.

Somebody recently asked me when do I think I will stop racing. The answer is "when I don't have the drive, determination and desire to put in these kinds of hours on training, studying videos and notes, attending schools etc, that is when I will quit".

I don't do anything half-assed. I will never be the guy that doesn't train, shows up at the track having not touched the bike since the last event, drinks some beer and goes to sleep about midnight, wakes up and races, finishes 16th, then starts drinking beer again.

That just isn't me. If I lose the passion I have now, I will walk away completely.
 
Someone's got to finish 16 th and the guy drinking beer might be having more fun than you . Don't knock the beer guy .
 
wilkson said:
Someone's got to finish 16 th and the guy drinking beer might be having more fun than you . Don't knock the beer guy .
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I agree with the first part.

I disagree with the 2nd part.

"Fun" is relative.

You wouldn't believe how many times people have said .... like "dude this is supposed to be fun" or "you are taking the fun out of it" etc. But what they don't understand is that for me, all of that stuff IS fun. I love working out with the motivation of racing. I love watching youtube videos and studying lines and passing opportunities. I really enjoy emptying the trailer, cleaning everything and putting it all back neatly. I get excited about thinking about doing it and will be smiling the whole time.

Like I said before, I cant handle the stress of NOT doing all of that stuff. I would not enjoy sitting around drinking beer, knowing I finished 16th. That just isn't me.

To each their own. I know a lot of racers who follow that "routine". They will drink beer every night, listen to music, stay up till 2-3am, wake up sluggish and then race....finish 20th and start drinking again. And will be having the time of their lives. That is awesome for them. I don't work like that. Just like they wouldn't have fun trying to follow/mimic my routine.
 
I didn't figure you were. :D

And for the record, I have nothing against the "beer guy". I actually have some friends that are the beer guys. And they are the ones who give me a hard time for all I do, saying I am "taking the fun out of it". But IMO, I think they are taking the fun out of it.

I reckon the end goal is fun, and whatever it takes for each person to reach that end goal, that is what matters.

And I do agree that somebody has to finish 16th. If that is me, and I know that I did everything in my possible to finish higher and it just wasnt in the cards that day, then we will figure out what needs to be done to improve. But if I finish 16th simply because I didn't try or prepare hard enough, I cant handle that.
 
Chaotic said:
Cheers.

Somebody recently asked me when do I think I will stop racing. The answer is "when I don't have the drive, determination and desire to put in these kinds of hours on training, studying videos and notes, attending schools etc, that is when I will quit".

I don't do anything half-assed. I will never be the guy that doesn't train, shows up at the track having not touched the bike since the last event, drinks some beer and goes to sleep about midnight, wakes up and races, finishes 16th, then starts drinking beer again.

That just isn't me. If I lose the passion I have now, I will walk away completely.
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I completely agree with you!! It takes drive, determination, and consistent hard work. It's all about how bad you want it and how much work you put in. When I was racing motocross I wanted it more than my competitors, there for I put in the training, dieting, and practicing necessary to win. I won my class most weekends unless I crashed out or had some .... wad pull a dirty move and take me out, Which did happen. People like to hate the guy who wins every weekend, those guys don't have the want or drive to put in the work to make it happen for themselves. Racing is a huge commitment and lifestyle if you want to be #1. Hats off to you chaotic I hope you kick ... this season!!
 
Great thread... I do not race, but track days still take a lot of conditioning... I've pushed my training pretty hard starting in January along with a healthier diet, but after 3 days of going balls to the walls at Jennings this past weekend I was pretty beat up and first day had to pit in a few time for a quick breather...
What I found that works well for me is mountain biking through some trails, or even just spinning stationary bikes. I'll mix in some strength training, focusing primarily on core and lower body. I didn't work out my upper as much as I should have, my shoulders were pretty weak so I'll suggest military press or something of it's kind to engage those muscles. I found a pretty sweet training program online, when I get a chance I'll post it up on here.
 
maslov said:
Great thread... I do not race, but track days still take a lot of conditioning... I've pushed my training pretty hard starting in January along with a healthier diet, but after 3 days of going balls to the walls at Jennings this past weekend I was pretty beat up and first day had to pit in a few time for a quick breather...
What I found that works well for me is mountain biking through some trails, or even just spinning stationary bikes. I'll mix in some strength training, focusing primarily on core and lower body. I didn't work out my upper as much as I should have, my shoulders were pretty weak so I'll suggest military press or something of it's kind to engage those muscles. I found a pretty sweet training program online, when I get a chance I'll post it up on here.
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I'm a pretty keen mountain bike rider as well and just started my training for a trekking trip to Peru . Start altitude training end of march which should be a little different .
The combination of riding and hiking is good for me I'm really not a gym guy .
 
wilkson said:
I'm a pretty keen mountain bike rider as well and just started my training for a trekking trip to Peru . Start altitude training end of march which should be a little different .
The combination of riding and hiking is good for me I'm really not a gym guy .
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That's awesome! We did a 3 day hiking trip through the mountains in Patagonia, and that was no joke. I wish I was more prepared for that physically, but between the few and all the excitement I was able to power through

Here's a PDF file of that work out program designed for Track Riding

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0BWAPWEW9OFaXZkYlBXMjVCWFozRVNuOUZjeTJsR1V0b3pv/view?usp=sharing
 
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