Take it easy

Here’s a great quote from the best running book I’ve ever found. It’s so great I’m not even going to tell you the name (name is below)…but I will give you the quote. This pertains particularly to the winter months, and is geared at improving your run, though you can certainly tackle your riding with the same mentality.

“Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that’s all you get, that’s not so bad. then work on light. Make it effortless, like you don’t give a shit how high the hill is or how far you’ve got to go. When you’ve practiced that so long that you forget you’re practicing, you work on making it smooooooth. You won’t have to worry about the last one – you get those three, and you’ll be fast.”

So there you go, after this season is over and you’ve got no more races until 2010 – Take it easy, and you’ll be fast.

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After one comment and a couple emails asking for the name of the book we decided to put it up on the post -
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen By Christopher McDougall