Change of Plans

I didn't do too bad this year considering that it's my first full season of racing as a non-smoker that isn't doing his best to destroy himself anymore. I have considered my rate of improvement and where I think my natural skills are, and decided that if I do the work that needs to be done I might be competitive with WORS top 20 elite next year. Here are the two big ones for this winter:

1. Weight training and running during transition and prep. I need to address my anterior pelvic tilt and other muscular imbalance issues in the weight room to free up some untapped power. I think the running is important as cross training, especially during transition.(plus it can't hurt for cross)
   
2. When base miles start in early Jan(tentative), I need to suck it up buttercup whatever the weather is. Back to back hundies every third week by Feb. This isn't to say I'll back off the intensity completely, I want to keep it hot with a hard effort once a week all through trans, prep, and base.
   

I was certain that if I stuck to 75% or more of my training goals I would be where I need to be next year. In other words, if I did the work I would not suck on a bike anymore. Or at least I would suck less.

A wise man has informed me that the reason I suck on a bike is because of my stance on Global Warming. And apparently it is causing some other personality issues that I might have and ultimately be affecting my success in life. While I wasn't aware that I had an official stance on Global Warming, it's still a problem that I need to take care of. I thought that subscribing to the popular science and making corresponding changes in my life was pretty reasonable, but turns out this is just a bottomless and festering well of suck. So now I have some new goals set to help me get fast, or rather, to help me not to suck. Here they are:

1. Start a huge tire fire in the back yard and stoke it with diapers and plastic shopping bags. This is while leaving both vehicles running all night. We want to get all the CO2 into the atmosphere that we can to help those plants grow.
   
2. Accept the challenge whenever some Biff challenges me to a ski race on very dangerous terrain, or something.


3. Keep my socialist opinions to myself, even if most are founded in solid scientific findings.


4. When faced with two sets of opinions, I will refuse to use my intellect to analyze the positions and formulate my own opinion. It is easier to pretend that I'm too cool for school and I don't care.
   

Like any good scientist I'm skeptical that any of this is going to work. I just can't help but to think it has something to do with the base miles. We will find out next year I guess.