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wasoxygen  ·  1186 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 2021 Barkley Fall Classic 50K

Thanks! I was thinking about you braking on the downhills at your triathlon. If you knew nothing bad would happen, you could go faster, but it's hard to build that confidence.





WanderingEng  ·  1186 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It really is, but that confidence comes with practice. I was faster on the bike descents in the race than I was the first time I rode them. I've tried hiking faster, too. I used to always try to take the ideal step rather than the fastest one. It was exhausting because I'd pause constantly. I started to look at it as taking the easiest step down unless there was no safe one. I got better with it with time.

I don't know that there's a way to practice muddy descents, though. I mean you can but it's still just a mud hole.