What dialogue is going through your head

12/29/2018 2:22pm
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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RickyRoss519
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12/29/2018 2:29pm
Im the best..... around... aint ever gonna bring me down! And lots of brapps haha
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12/29/2018 3:00pm
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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crf584
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12/29/2018 3:05pm
I tend to giggle when things go bad. I giggle a lot!
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p3fab
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12/29/2018 3:06pm
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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Grenader26
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12/29/2018 3:09pm
“Did I leave the oven on?”
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Forty
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12/29/2018 3:13pm
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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neverwas
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12/29/2018 3:24pm
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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12/29/2018 3:36pm Edited Date/Time 12/29/2018 3:45pm
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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12/29/2018 3:38pm
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 #...
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.
I used to do that a lot when i ran. Lots of math can get done in 3 miles lol.
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12/29/2018 3:40pm
Don't crash, don't crash, don't crash, don't crash.......
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12/29/2018 3:45pm
Im always wondering what gear im in lol
I wish i had a gear indicator
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KMC440
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12/29/2018 3:50pm
Hell yeah !!!

I'm in third

Fourth

Fifth

Sixth

Seventh

Ok I'm faster than 8th

Yeah he got a shit start but no way I'm out of the top te ...

Should've covered that line ... daymmmm
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jemcee
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12/29/2018 3:56pm
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...
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.
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
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bvm111
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12/29/2018 4:13pm
I’m winning practice!!!!
Meister
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12/29/2018 4:27pm
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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Spudnut
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12/29/2018 4:35pm
Mainly “Breathe idiot!”
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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12/29/2018 5:39pm
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Moto520
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12/29/2018 5:46pm
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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12/29/2018 6:14pm
"Man I am so sick"
-2 corners later -
"Omg I am a complete goon, I should probably pull off and go home"
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TeamGreen
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12/29/2018 6:29pm
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NeedMoto
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12/29/2018 6:32pm
Dumbass, your getting passed again. Your better than that, quit riding like a sissy!
Premixed112
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12/29/2018 6:39pm
Moto520 wrote:
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...
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
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.
buzzlight52
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12/29/2018 6:42pm
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
kb228
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12/29/2018 7:02pm
Might be in a minority but i dont have anything in my head. Its a weird zen like focus
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YAMATHUMP1
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12/29/2018 7:34pm
Some of you guys have way to much thinking going on to be out riding.
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RCMXracing
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12/29/2018 8:28pm
This is some weird shit. Please continue.
Isaish305
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12/29/2018 8:32pm
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
Rotaholic
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12/29/2018 8:33pm
White flag, white flag, what the hell are these flagies doing
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