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So this weekend I felt all out of shape. Managed to get in front of Alex and Josh despite a terrible start, and my lap times were only about a second off my previous PB, but I just felt wrong out there. I was attributing it to 3 things:
1) Way too long off the bike
2) First time back on bike was my first time on a wet track, on DOT's
3) Confidence issues in the brakes. Had a brake issue Sat morning, and even though I fixed it they felt different that I'm used to and I had some trouble adjusting.
However, I now that photographic evidence that what actually happened was much simpler: I forgot to ride, and I suck again. Damnit! Going to have to get some more track time in before next race weekend! On the bright side, if I was this out of form and not feeling it and still doing 32's as opposed to my PB in the 31's, I should be able to get into those 29's if I can clean up my form and stop sucking so much.
Evidence #1: Picture from a while back. Decent form, bike way over, doing it about as good as someone green as I can hope for:
Evidence #2: More of the same. Leading with the shoulder, not crossed up, generally where I expect myself to be for my current (lack of) skill.
Now, for this weekend. Evidence article 3, which clearly shows me having forgotten how to ride. Crossed up, not off the bike enough... just generally "doing it wrong".
Final article of evidence, #4. Later in the weekend (as shown by the shades rather than normal eyeglasses). This must be just after I passed Alex in PTwins. Starting to lead with the shoulder, although still not nearly enough. Not too crossed up, but not leaning in like I should be either. Better than #3, still not where I should be at all.
Everyone kept telling me 1 second off my PB wasn't bad, you can't get a PB every time out, etc. That said, I knew I was off my game... I could just feel it. These pics (and there are more to back it up) show what I thought. Guess it's time to put some work into getting back to the basics, really focusing on my form, etc. Backwards progress is not the kind of progress I'm looking to make.
For the record, I'd be ok being 1 sec off a PB if I didn't feel like I was off form doing it. Pics confirm this. So, back to basics I guess. Any of you guys been down this road?