i just dont see how you can be a bike racer and have kids at the same time... its a tough life...
i will be back for the local races after sea otter... but i will be going worse than ever i think... the lack of sleep is fine if you dont try to train... but if you dont sleep and you try to ride then its a problem...
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You should have got yourself into rocking shape *before* the baby came, then you could have a nice break and come back once the wee one is on a schedule. As soon as possible, get that little one on a schedule, trust me, it makes all the difference in the world.
when you get to the WS everything will be better. i have a very motivated training partner who'll trick us into riding all day long.
you are right about that... it was my plan to get in mad good form before the baby.. but then i realized how much work my house needed.. so i went full gas on heavy landscaping and hammering nails and replacing windows...
i looked at it as a matter of finace... i am gonna make more money selling this house than i will training hard for a month... and with that money i get i can a good foothold for the future...
i am not complaining... i think i made the right decision... but it puts me in a tough position for biking.. but i knew that would happen going in.. really its part of the plan...
like boner says.. when i get in nc i will be back on the gas and feeling better about the future of my family...
So this raises a good morality issues I am going to deal with:
Is it wrong for me to use "paternity leave" (yeah, i get 2 weeks paid) to do Tour of Utah?
Thanks,
RB
i just dont know why you would want to do that... why ruin your 2 weeks with a bike race when you could bond with your family?....
Have you considered that maybe his family wants him to go?
Yeah, I should probably add that there will be family around to help out with stuff, which is kinda the only time we have family around at that moment, so it's not like I'm leaving Kelly hanging. As far as family bonding, I am probably the biggest family man I know, and that won't ever change, but I do go stir crazy if I am sitting around the house, so I'd probably end up training a lot anyway. Although I could take our older daughter out in the trailer, which would make Mom's life easier. Plus I'd still be around for the second week of my paternity leave, which I'd take after all the family had gone home.
And I'd be staying at home during the race. And if the promoters go as big as they wanna go, it could be my last chance to ride. On the other hand, how good am I gonna be on no sleep anyway?
RB
yeah RB.. thats what i mean.. how good are you gonna be on no sleep?... dont even bother... you are gonna start the race screwed and then be triple worthless to help out afterwards.. then you are gonna be quadluple worthless when you have to go back to work.. and then a week later youll be quintuple worthless because you have to work and stay up all night!...
Erik, you sound like you really got your priorities straight man(unlike some others..) and I think you'll be back to form quicker than you think, you've gotten this far and you're a talented racer, that is not going to just go away, you have "it" and you'll still have it when you're back in race form, evidence shows that you have what it takes no matter the present conditions, you'll be back to racing stronger than before I guaaarunteee!
Erik: I feel your pain. I lost pretty much all of last year to sleep deprivation after having my second child. I just couldn't get enough good (and sustained) sleep to train properly. I would feel good for a while and then the batteries would just die on me. It will get better though!
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