I’d like to extend a big giant thank you to Tom Barratt for presenting a very enlightening Race Info evening for our members. In the short time I was there I had a couple ‘wow’ moments where the penny dropped. Tom’s candid approach put everyone at ease as he talked about his own struggles and limitations as an athlete.
One thing that resonated with me was Tom’s encouragement to ride to your strengths while still training our weaknesses. Identifying our strengths on the bike today, Paul explained can be as simple as what you were good at in school athletics. Yes, it got very in depth about slow and fast twitch muscle fibres!
Thank you so much to Toby Brown, for providing warm yummy munchies and lending us his premises at the DOME. We had around 30 people attend.
It was really great to see the fast guys keen to pass on their knowledge and give up their evening to share it and meet others just starting out. Thank you to our mentors for coming down last night.
The Race Buddy Program group page will be up and running shortly, if you wish to register for this program please do so via email; development@southperthrouleurs.com.au
Thanks Tom and the other ‘guys on the couch’!.
It was great to hear you blokes talk about your fears and doubts when doing something new/different ie racing, as most women also have these barriers to overcome. The tips on the power of a positive mindset, when to attack, and how to take abuse were also great.
My big take out was we never lose by having a go at racing we either ‘win’ or we ‘learn’. Just off to purchase some Turkish Delight.
Did anyone take any notes from the night or record it. I couldn’t be there but would love to get a copy of anything anyone wrote down.