California Bicycle Racing (CBR)

What separates the racers from the moron sled dogs is that the racers know when & who to attack, and the sled dogs are there only to burn matches. It seems that their only goal is to just burn matches: no pattern to it, just match-burning at random. Day after day, month after month, and race after race...no improvement, no race results, just pack fodder and many calories burned from all that chasing. Eventually, these sled dogs get tired.

Years ago, I remember asking this one guy why he spent all his time chasing when all he'd hafta do is to read the race correctly and go when the players went and he could still burn the same kind of matches. The guy had an absolute meltdown! He got so mad, so I figured that there's no sense in leaving no stone left unturned, and that's when I decided to step into him. I offered him free race tactics training so his race resume would improve beyond his normal top-75 finish. Yeah, that kinda pushed him off the cliff. Needless to say, he refused my offer, coupled with multiple f-bombs sent my way, and he never went beyond weekend warrior fitness. Those guys are easy to break cuz all they're looking for is a reason not to go really hard and hard. I just open the door, and they walk thru.

Today was kinda fun; chasers do what they do best, they chase. Sprinters do what they do best, they sprint. Sled dogs do what they do best, they go to the front and burn their matches and are never to be seen at the finish. I only wanted to burn enuff calories so I could start eating my Halloween candy, all 9,000 calories of it.