Cycling, while I love as much as any activety, and certainly more than work, is only one of the things I want to do in life.
On Thursday, January 26, 2012, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 26, 10:42 am, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Just a matter if time until we have extreme bowling. > > Another good point. What is driving people to the "extreme," > especially amateur athletes? Of course, it's all relative - but I > think for many amateur/recreational athletes, once the sense of > accomplishment that came from completing an endurance event (let's say > a marathon) becomes stale or commonplace (now that it is fairly common > to see people walking large parts of marathons), they want to push > harder for a PR or go farther to regain that sense of accomplishment. > I have no evidence of this, but the current boom with triathlon and > "extreme" (in the Mt. Dew/X-games sense of the word) endurance events, > like the Tough Mudder, seem to be a direct result of events like a > marathon becoming too average. there's no cachet to it anymore. so > they go bigger, and that's a slippery slope. it's really pretty ego- > centric. > > like most things, i think there's a healthy balance. it's good to > have goals. challenge ourselves a little, or even a lot. competing, > even at the recreational/amateur level, can be a very motivating, > healthy experience for people of all ages. I also think there is a > misconception about "training" - the athlete the exercises with the > intent to compete can be said to "train," but it's just exercise. in > other words, anybody who enjoys doing any kind of aerobic exercise for > more than 30mins is training. we can't go out and enjoy a couple > hours on our favorite roads without maintaining some aerobic > fitness. and anybody who wants to improve their fitness - maybe be a > little stronger on the hills or turn a 15mile ride into a 30mile ride > - is training. competitive athletes just exercise a little > differently. and i bet a lot people would be surprised at what a > structured "training" program looks for a competitive amateur > cyclist .. .. it's not killing yourself everyday or working so hard > that you want to throw up. far from it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
