Neat article -- www.nytimes.com/.../20best.html -- and something I imagine we've all experienced as competitors -- racing makes us faster.
I guess the trick is to get seeded next to someone who you don't believe is actually too much faster than you, but who has strategically sandbagged their time by about 2%.
I'm hoping upside down typing day was sort of a one day thing--kind of like talk like a pirate day.
The funny thing is it's not that difficult to read. It just slows you down a bit.
I bet this "central governer" trick might also have negative side effects too. Once the cyclist finds out the truth, he will be cautious the next time. I wonder the outcome if the rider was tricked into thinking he was racing under sandbag conditions but really wasn't.:afraid:
Back to the article -- the last sentence is so important.
A former coach gave me some "coach's watch" slightly optimistic times from a practice set thinking that would motivate me to go faster in a taper race.
I had a best time at the meet but went slower than the time he told me I'd done in practice. It was demoralizing. I always had doubts in him after learning he fudged my time.
I'm apparently the only one who can't figure out how to write upside down. Maybe being a maintinence mechanic has made me dumb! :afraid:
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