I'll be optimistic and say you'll heal and then get to go bike shopping.
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What the heck….mental hesitation…
- Thread starter mimico_polak
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The day of, and three days following, I was done, finished, 50+yrs of riding was over.
I was thinking, maybe golf again, something, I'm gonna need a new hobby.
Then, around day five or six..........
Healing really sucks though, no joking.
Well that took a sudden turn to a direction I wasn’t expecting. I’m sorry to hear you got injured but glad you’re alive.
Are you roomies with @MacDoc here in Mississauga?
No, I'm too f'n stubborn to see a dr. I don't have one anyway.
And I already knew what broken ribs feels like. This time, I don't care how many, or which ones are broken. Less than 6 weeks, and I'll be as fresh as a daisy.
I'm focusing on my hip & elbow pain......keeps my mind off the ribs.
Broke some ribs (again) this summer. It only hurts when you breathe.
glad you are okay
....something in the water maybe with dreams and crashes.
I even recorded my nightmare on my blog on Apr 29th this year - forgot about it, it then discovered it 3 months later after an eerily similar crash to the dream.
I'm still recovering from.it. 56 years riding in my case ....tho I WILL be back on the bike in Aus....broken leg and clavicle be damned,
What does this even mean?
Mad Mike
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Sorry to hear about your crash, glad to her you’re ok.
Premonitions can be scary too.
Speed wishes on your recovery.
Mad Mike
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And a little extra pain for a laugh, sneeze or fart.
Broke some ribs (again) this summer. It only hurts when you breathe.
matt365
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Premonition, or self fulfilling prophesy?
If I tell you not to think about a pink elephant, what are you going to think about.. .
Getting in your own head and convincing yourself something bad is going to happen is dangerous.
That being said, if your heads not in the game, don't play.
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I did not have a chance to reply when I read @mimico_polak original post.
But it struck me as I was having the exact same feeling.
For me it seems if I have important things to do the following day I get worried about riding all the "what if's" etc.
Also as I get older I know how much longer it would take me to heal and we all see the disgusting state of our roads and drivers.
Luckily no dreams or premonitions, but I tend not to push my luck when I feel the bad mojo upon me.
I just wait until it passes and live to ride another day.
But it struck me as I was having the exact same feeling.
For me it seems if I have important things to do the following day I get worried about riding all the "what if's" etc.
Also as I get older I know how much longer it would take me to heal and we all see the disgusting state of our roads and drivers.
Luckily no dreams or premonitions, but I tend not to push my luck when I feel the bad mojo upon me.
I just wait until it passes and live to ride another day.
Relax
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Psychology is real. The worst part is that even knowing how it all works doesn't make you immune from its effects.
My respect for racing drivers increased (which was high to begin with) a tad bit when I realized how mentally tough you got to be. The ability to shut down any negative voices and focus on what needs to be done is huge.
If you ever get a chance to be around people that are top performers, they have the ability to completely focus on a single objective. While locked in, they don't even hear people around them unless the voices are related to the objective. It's like a trance. Pretty cool and also weird to be around. I've only known a couple people like that.
Oh yes, I have raced some go-karts myself (amateur). I have seen the focus some of them got. They can keep their lap times consistent within a small range. One of the things we used to do to to get the person in front of us out of focus is to gently tap at the rear of the kart once you catch up to them. We're not talking about crashing into the back, but a slight nudge telling them them you're right behind. The ones with high focus and mental toughness will keep it together, the others get out of shape in the next corner or two. Safe to assume that I was one of the others lol.
Relax
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This is also a symptom of ADHD. It wouldn't surprise me if those top performers scored higher than the "average" person.
My vote is it's the 3 kids. It's just a strange feeling to care about something more then motorcycling.
I've noticed in the last season or two that I have been holding back on how far I'll push a bike in the corners and find myself thinking about my kids. Match that with dwindling seat time that comes with having to drive kids places and busier/crazier roads in general and I definitely don't have the confidence/recklessness I had 5 years ago.
Mad Mike
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I know one person like that, fun as hell to be around. When he gets focused on something he appears to switch off all his senses. I watched him do his football pool pics last week, for 10 minutes he was in a trance. He's been in the money 5 years straight (top 5) in out 100-man pool.
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