Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Anatomy of a bad idea
Some life decisions are better than others, and this was somewhere near the bottom. Future Lizanne is going to hurt.
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All or nothing! Time to get epic. How a Track Sprinter conquered Everest
In case of total shutdown- plot an Everest. Famous last words. I put the idea out to the universe, I had to follow through. The concept of Everesting is fiendishly simple: Pick any hill, anywhere in the world and complete repeats of it in a single activity until you climb 8,848m – the equivalent height…
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I Quit
I quit. This isn’t a retirement, that would be a choice. I’m quitting because I can’t do this anymore.
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Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals 2020 – Full Race reports
The Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals as experienced by the A grade women. May Contain Fact
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Track Season 2020- Standing Start!
hold on tight. This is going to be a fast start.
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Womens Cycling- Just a thought
Just a thought… We need to do better. ***Updated***after a bit of discussion around the post we had a win. I’ve entered next weekends road race up in the Hunter. I’m there to be social. They said key words like coffee and BBQ. My Club, St George CC put a call out for club members…
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racing in 2020- Sometimes it be like that
2020, What a year. Nothing represents the ups and downs of the year like my Strava account. I was plodding along, slugging it in the gym. After signing onto Tesseract a few months earlier, racing (and doing well) in a few CL1 track races, I was on track to get a start at one of…
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Track Cycling Stay-cation!
Here’s the deal *7 different velodromes *8 Carnivals *Minimum 32 races! *2 Cities *14 days Sound too good to be true? Want in? Well Christmas has come early, and I can tell you, this track cycling Christmas stay-cation is the place to be.
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Enthusiastic race filler
Enthusiastic race filler! That’s what I am, and I am damn proud of that. After I won nationals last year, I “retired*”. To anyone around me, we all know that this is a joke. I’m not finished, I’m not done, I’m not going to rack the bike. This was the beginning of my ‘Victory lap…
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Ghetto Training for the Commuting Competitor
Part 2- Life’s a Keirin
Got any book recommendations?
Lizanne Wilmot 