{"id":5213,"date":"2013-03-27T08:35:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T14:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=5213"},"modified":"2013-03-27T08:43:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T14:43:50","slug":"hostile-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=5213","title":{"rendered":"Hostile Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an ironic twist of events, my legs have somehow disconnected from my aching sacrum ans well as my brain&#8217;s sudden meltdown into a quivering heap of lost hope in humanity. During the past two days of training, my system has done a 180 from it&#8217;s normal function of brain not listening to whining legs. It&#8217;s like the exact opposite of this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RahvWjoU9Xc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I appreciate everyone&#8217;s concern and suggestions in my previous post. Group rides are great, and the atmosphere of the one I went on last week was incredibly accepting and fun. They&#8217;d be an excellent way of getting back into road riding with less worry about drivers &#8220;not seeing me.&#8221; However, a coach\/training plan isn&#8217;t usually compatible with a group ride, and, as long as I&#8217;m physically able to do so, I have to set my meltdowns aside and get on the HTFU train to improving my fitness.<\/p>\n<p>So, my legs have taken over like they&#8217;ve got a mind of their own. It&#8217;s akin having\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=sergeant+hartman\" target=\"_blank\">Sargeant\u00a0Hartman<\/a> in my quads. I&#8217;m hoping that when the Ouachita Challenge rolls around in a little less than 2 weeks, I&#8217;ll be healed enough that I can put them to good use and negotiate the steep and rocky parts of the Ouachita Trail. If not, I&#8217;m gonna have a bad time. If it all works out, I can pull off a win at a race where I&#8217;ve had plenty of bad luck in the past. Last year&#8217;s winner, Carey Lowery, is not on the entry list, but Jessica Rawlings, who beat me by minutes last year, is going to be there.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to not have repeated breakdowns while road riding, yesterday I took to waving and saying &#8220;thank you&#8221; to every driver that took care by slowing down, giving space, and waiting until the road ahead was clear when passing. It took my mind off of the other 50 that passed too close and\/or fast on blind hills &amp; whatnot. Focus on the positive, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an ironic twist of events, my legs have somehow disconnected from my aching sacrum ans well as my brain&#8217;s sudden meltdown into a quivering heap of lost hope in humanity. 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