As you've noticed from my user name, hills are my personal challenge. This year I am attempting to modify my mindset such that they are in a positive light.
So....as I did before I would sing in my head:
I am a climber, I am a climber.....of the world!
(Sung to the tune of We Are the Champions)
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01-31-2005, 08:34 PM #1
Just keep sluggin'!
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Ride your ride.
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02-01-2005, 04:08 AM #2
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I don't hate hills, but they certainly are a major challenge for me too. This is how I get up them.
In my head I just keep whispering:
****, ****, ****, ****, ****,
I swear. I know it's ridiculous, but it actually works.
Then if it's a really long hill, I occasionally switch to:
this is for your butt, this is for your butt, this is for your butt
What can I say, reciting the magna carta just doesn't come to mind when every ounce of energy is put towards the hill and there is absolutely nothing left to even think with.
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02-01-2005, 04:08 AM #3
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I see the board automatically edits. Those four stars are the "f" word over and over again.
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07-15-2010, 10:54 AM #4
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LOL! Great stuff, ladies! My hill manta is "pretty legs, pretty legs, pretty legs" on the upstroke of each right pedal motion.
Originally Posted by doc
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03-11-2005, 01:12 PM #5
Eat-Clean, Ride Hard!
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Cute
Originally Posted by Hill Slug
LOL...very cute!!!Holistic Health Coach and Licensed Massage Therapist
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03-20-2005, 08:18 PM #6
"Breathe, Stupid!!" :)
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Love these inspirations, Ladies - keep 'em coming!
Here's one I used yesterday on myself going up a long hill with a brutal, blustery, gusty headwind and a case of dead legs:
"Kim, you've been through childbirth three times which lasted for hours and hours each with no pain meds....this here hill?...is NOTHIN', Girl!! Just go!!"
The out-loud laugh to myself and the immediate affect on my morale got me through the ride. Funny!
This could be adapted, I'm sure, for the as-yet childless, to suit....
- Kim
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein
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08-09-2007, 09:05 PM #7
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Encouragement works 4 me
My friend who sometimes rides with me, both road & mtn., knows when I'm starting to lose my focus (because of pure exhaustion) & says to me, ride through the pain, JUST DO IT!!! You're close to your goal!
So the Nike ads - JUST DO IT! has a way of helping me turn my focus back on to the task at hand (& turning off that little discouraging voice inside my head that wants me to stop pedaling!) & gives me a big boost of confidence to pull through to my goal line....
It works everytime!!!!!
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