Beyond 2020

Remember that science TV series, Beyond 2000, it ran in the late 80s to late 90s. To a boy in his early to late teens it was an exciting show that illustrated current scientific research projects and took aim at what the future might look like if these research projects were ever to come to effect. I might even look back at some of the old shows to see which of the featured futurists were on the money. I bet there were quite a few. I know this because cycling has taught me that you can directly influence your future based your actions today. I cannot give this sport enough credit for illustrating how a struggle today can lead to exciting levels of personal achievement, tomorrow. 

On a bad day on the bike, you can be in so much pain that breaking a bone would give you some relief. But on a good day, you can be floating above the trail, smashing the pedals with ease and linking corners and jumps together without even thinking about it, all the while your competition disappears in the dust behind you. This is the elusive feeling of being in The Zone, Being on Fire or Feeling Good, there are many names for it. 

To me it is more satisfying feeling then beating a rival, winning an award or stepping up on a podium, because it is actually the ultimate win. This feeling means that you have done everything perfectly, trained hard and smart, recovered sufficiently, eaten correctly, found the right pre-race zen and then executed the performance perfectly. If this eventuates the results should come but even if they don’t, you know you have performed at your peak. The complexities that go into this feeling of euphoria on the race track are so vast it is no wonder it is difficult to find and repeat. But I have faith I will one day find it again, because the elements that feed into a great performance are well known and documented. So in theory, if you control the elements that feed into high performance, and you can control your future, your destiny, your performance and ultimately your happiness and wellbeing. Now to focus on the elements that equate to high performance.

To be continued...

Ride on