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Long ago a cousin challenged the uncle for a swim. Both are acceptable athletes. He started faster, was ahead for 50m or so and then came back cooked. The uncle

Long ago a cousin challenged the uncle for a swim. Both are acceptable athletes. He started faster, was ahead for 50m or so and then came back cooked. The uncle started 30% slower... but he kept at that rhythm forever until we couldn't see him and came back unphased. Very telling lesson.

borski 2y ago
This is a really big problem for me in general, actually. I have ADHD, and so my brain is always telling me to go faster, so that I can get the dopamine hit and move on to other things. It has to be extremely intentional for me to remind myself that pace matters. I really envy those who can just do that naturally; my wife is one of those people. Meanwhile, when I forget, I find myself 25 minutes into what was going to be an hour-long strength/lifting workout… in the bathroom at the gym throwing up. And then I remember to pace myself for like a year or two until I forget again haha
- al_borland 2y ago
  I don’t think it always comes naturally. It’s often experience and lessons learned. Sometimes those lessons needed to be taught many times before they stick. For me, I hate doing the same thing twice, because I didn’t get it right the first time. It hurts my soul. I’ll put in a lot of time and effort to avoid that feeling, which means being slow and methodical. The environment I’m in doesn’t always allow for that, which is where most of my stress comes from.
- grogenaut 2y ago
  I have the opposite problem, I learned from 18 years of competitive sports to spend the minimum effort possible to keep the coaches from being mad at you at everything that didn't matter and go all out in everything that did. Coaches get annoyed when you're not hustling everywhere, but you don't play when you're too tired to do well in scrimmage. I tend to over pace and not be fully spent at the end of a workout. I've had to work to just be toast 90% of the way through instead so I get the most out of my workouts.
- agumonkey 2y ago
  Same. Only late, when I get cranky I realized I pushed too hard.
nicbou 2y ago
I get significantly further as a cyclist when I slow down to a more sustainable pace. It’s crazy how a little extra speed burns a disproportionate amount of energy.
- agumonkey 2y ago
  Yeah, but then we get used to non linear laws. Also I think our bodies like waves. Staying at the same pace sometimes makes me muddy. So I vary the pace a little every no and then.
  - nicbou 2y ago
    That's fine. The idea is that the cost of pedaling is not linear. Kind of like cars using a lot more fuel to go slightly faster.

borski 2y ago

This is a really big problem for me in general, actually. I have ADHD, and so my brain is always telling me to go faster, so that I can get the dopamine hit and move on to other things. It has to be extremely intentional for me to remind myself that pace matters. I really envy those who can just do that naturally; my wife is one of those people. Meanwhile, when I forget, I find myself 25 minutes into what was going to be an hour-long strength/lifting workout… in the bathroom at the gym throwing up. And then I remember to pace myself for like a year or two until I forget again haha

al_borland 2y ago
I don’t think it always comes naturally. It’s often experience and lessons learned. Sometimes those lessons needed to be taught many times before they stick. For me, I hate doing the same thing twice, because I didn’t get it right the first time. It hurts my soul. I’ll put in a lot of time and effort to avoid that feeling, which means being slow and methodical. The environment I’m in doesn’t always allow for that, which is where most of my stress comes from.
grogenaut 2y ago
I have the opposite problem, I learned from 18 years of competitive sports to spend the minimum effort possible to keep the coaches from being mad at you at everything that didn't matter and go all out in everything that did. Coaches get annoyed when you're not hustling everywhere, but you don't play when you're too tired to do well in scrimmage. I tend to over pace and not be fully spent at the end of a workout. I've had to work to just be toast 90% of the way through instead so I get the most out of my workouts.
agumonkey 2y ago
Same. Only late, when I get cranky I realized I pushed too hard.

nicbou 2y ago

I get significantly further as a cyclist when I slow down to a more sustainable pace. It’s crazy how a little extra speed burns a disproportionate amount of energy.

agumonkey 2y ago
Yeah, but then we get used to non linear laws. Also I think our bodies like waves. Staying at the same pace sometimes makes me muddy. So I vary the pace a little every no and then.
- nicbou 2y ago
  That's fine. The idea is that the cost of pedaling is not linear. Kind of like cars using a lot more fuel to go slightly faster.