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Title speaks for itself - what do you tell yourself either in your head or out loud while riding/racing? For me - and I’ve said this before in another thread - its go go go coming out of corners and get on it - there’s been a few oh shit oh shit - but I’m really curious - what self talk is taking place out on the track?
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Great topic and excellent question. I dont race anymore but when I did I would actually do mathmatical equations in my head. Usually including my # and the# of the racer ahead, or who I just passed, etc. Alot of the time it was just random multiplication tables, random division and exponents. Another strange one is I would talk backwards ( a skill that i've had since my youth) to myself. Reciting banners, racers names and of course random things. Last but not least, when I was in middle school and High scool I took Spanish class so I would do verb conjugations in my head and essentially practice espanol. Mental focus and concentration is an interesting topic with a lot of theories worth researching.
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I like to sing songs. Something fast pace but keeps me relaxed. Plus I like to think of one thing I need to improve and focus on until it becomes routine.
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I mutter instructions to myself, good lines, close calls, lines to take next lap, gear selection for sections, brake points, just old habit.
I hear some guys shouting to themselves or others, swearing, going off! Everyone handles adrenaline differently. lol
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Seems I tell my self to stop thinking about the hot girl track side and concentrate on the task at hand.
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Nothing. Life is shut off. It’s wierd. I think about nothing but the task at hand. Hitting my marks. I only talk after the panic rev. And it always ends with “aw shit this isn’t going to end well”. But mostly just different renditions if the F word.
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Sir Roostsalot wrote:Great topic and excellent question. I dont race anymore but when I did I would actually do mathmatical equations in my head. ...more
I used to do that a lot when i ran. Lots of math can get done in 3 miles lol.
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GeorgiePorgie wrote:Nothing. Life is shut off. It’s wierd. I think about nothing but the task at hand. Hitting my marks. I only talk after the ...more
I was like that most of the time especially racing.. Which is what I love so much about it!
That said my mind would wander if I was runnin laps at home haha.. Mostly songs but I remember as a kid runnin the come through the pack to win on the last lap fantasy haha
why am I reading this? ..... Oh christ, now I'm posting...... shiiiiiiiit!!
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Mainly nothing. As I get older, it seems to come after the second lap... "Eat.....less....pizzzzaaaaa"..
During racing, not just local stuff, but qualifiers and bigger races, I ride like shit if I can't gain mental clarity. The past few years, at local races, it seems like I always had my wife and kid (3.5 year old now) in the back of my head. Mainly when pushing or thinking about jumping a booter here or there. Once I lined up at a regional, post kid, I was so in the moment it was like I was soley put on Earth for that moment. I might try for Loretta's again just to try to achieve that clarity again, like granular clarity. I can see the grainyness of the sand in my head right now from a few corners at Baja.
When I was younger and had no F's to give, I would think about all kinda stuff. Seemed like the less thought I put in to it, the better I rode.
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When I was a kid I used to always tell myself RC was on my arse to keep me from dropping intensity lol
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My brain will often fixate on a song and it will replay over and over in my head. Sometimes i zone out and my brain just goes wherever it wants to. I forget everything about the real world and feel fresh as a daisy when i drive home. I always feel great until i cant ride for awhile. Great topic
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I was going to post this exact thing. I think whenever I'm in any sort of flow state, I'll have sometimes just one or two lines from a song looping in my head.
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1. Riding is the one thing that truly shuts my brain off so I don't think anything usually
2. Besides that, damn this jump is big
3. Holy fuck the landing just disappeared
4. This shit is gonna hurt
5. I wonder if QT is still serving breakfast pizza today
6. Im going fast
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Point the toes In toward the fork leg. I heard some one say to try that in another thread. Actually seemed to help today! But usually not anything unless someone makes me mad
