Item number one: get faster.
Item number two: work on the pain face. Check out how I did (all photos by Lois Brunnert):
Focused, calm, relaxed. You'll see no information given away from that face. Nevermind my heart rate, which was probably out of control. And those dark lenses are there for a reason — you can't see when I'm cross-eyed. It may have hurt, but you'd never know by looking at me.And that's more than I can say for these two guys:
And poor Brady. He looks like he's cowering from someone whacking him with a stick. Granted, that could have been from wind or that god-forsaken hill, but he looks miserable.I post these photos not in jest, but as a learning tool. Hide your emotions — your pain. Bury them deep inside and display an exterior of stony coolness toward the effort being given.
It may not make you faster, but you'll at least look cool when you get ripped from the comfort of the main peloton. As a guy who spent the last two seasons in that position — and subsequently viewing goofy pictures of myself — trust me.
I know.
4 comments:
Is that drool on your chin?
Not a chance. More likely, it's a bit of the white portion of the chinstrap.
Personally, I like seeing Brady suffer; it just makes me feel better somehow. And, while he does look pretty ragged, at least he's no longer wearing his wife's hat.
That's not pain, it's my Ivan Basso impersonation
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