{"id":4304,"date":"2012-04-04T20:18:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T02:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2012-04-04T20:18:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T02:18:45","slug":"3rd-place-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=4304","title":{"rendered":"3rd Place Curse"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve got quite a collection of 3rd place finishes from “big” races.<\/p>\n

It all started with Marathon Nationals in 2010:<\/p>\n

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Then, in 2011, I kept the Bronze collection strong.<\/p>\n

Spa City:<\/p>\n

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Mohican 100:<\/p>\n

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Fools Gold 100:<\/p>\n

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2012 has been the year that I’ve stepped up the mediocrity… starting off with a Master’s World Championship Bronze:<\/p>\n

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Then, more bronze at Spa City:<\/p>\n

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…and, to polish it off, a cute little 3rd place quartz from Ouachita:<\/p>\n

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Yes, being able to podium at a race is something I’m thankful for.
\nOn the other hand, always being on the lowest step is something that is sprouting a deep seeded discontent somewhere in between my liver and my stomach. It had only been a mild annoyance before, but when I heard the latest XXC Podcast<\/a> with (relatively new) pro endurance racer Jonathan Davis, I really started to feel restless. Among other things, he talked about his dedicated training and recovery routine. I feel like I have a similar desire to dedicate my life to racing a bike much like he has, but I also feel like I’m stuck someplace in between the dream of becoming a professional bike racer and the reality that I can’t quit my day job unless someone magically calls me tomorrow and offers me a pro contract.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to sound like I’m discouraged, because I’m not… more like really anxious and a little frustrated with a touch of impatience thrown in. So, this season, I’m hoping\/training to get at least another step up… if not see the top at least once at something other than a regional level race. Sure, my goal of “World Domination” might seem a little ambitious at this point, but at least it gives me something to shoot for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve got quite a collection of 3rd place finishes from “big” races. It all started with Marathon Nationals in 2010:     Then, in 2011, I kept the Bronze collection strong. Spa City: Mohican 100: Fools Gold 100:   2012 has been the year that I’ve stepped up the mediocrity… starting off with a Master’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Uq-17q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4314,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304\/revisions\/4314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}