It's a bumpy ride when you take "mind frick" with you

For those of you not familiar with mind frick it's the voice in your head that convinces you you can't do something, or the "what if" voice, what if ___ goes wrong? Sometimes the what if voice is so loud or has such strong control over you it will self fulfill. Whatever ___ was, will happen, basically you just gave in to mind frick.

I wrapped my head around the fact that mountain biking is a bumpy ride, my bike is really good but it's older and doesn't have those the cool shock absorbers like the new bikes. So on yesterdays ride I got zen with bike and relaxed on the downhill slopes excepting the fact that it was indeed a bumpy ride.

I extended the distance of my ride but on the second half the rocks on the trail were greater in number and size. My success on the uphill battle was based on strength, endurance and my ability to work the gears fast enough. Yes, I had to walk it to the top a couple of times. However, on the down hill... that's when the mind frick set in. All I could focus on were the rocks. I was over working the breaks and getting nervous. That's when I knew to get off the bike because I would have crashed just to prove the mind frick right. I walked the bike down half the hill as I warriored up and told the mind frick where it could go.

No worries, I did get back on the back halfway down the hill, but mostly to get some momentum to get up the next one. Whatever works :)

Mind frick is not limited to mountain biking, it can creep up at any time and sabotage any goal. Remember to Warrior up, tell it to get lost and get back on the bike.

Have a great Friday everyone.
AHO!
Liz Weaver