From winter Olympian to mechanic to @parisroubaix reserve rider? 😅
Most people would be lucky to survive just one cobbled sector hanging onto a pro rider’s wheel. But not our mechanic Mitja who joined the guys for their recon yesterday and made it look easy!
Give the man a contract 👏
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Športniki pogosto prihajajo k meni z jasno izraženo željo po izboljšanju svojih rezultatov. Večina jih je izjemno motiviranih, fizično pripravljenih in navajenih napornih treningov. Kljub temu pa pri mnogih opazim nekaj značilnega – njihovo gibanje je trdo, dihanje neučinkovito, plitko in hitro, utrujenost pa konstantna, lahko bi rekel tudi kronična. To so pogosti znaki, ki jih opazim pri športnikih, ki se nenehno trudijo preseči svoje meje, vendar pogosto zanemarjajo osnovne potrebe svojega telesa in uma.
Z leti sem se naučil, da so to pogosta težava med športniki, ki se borijo za boljše rezultate, a pri tem pogosto spregledajo ključne fiziološke in psihološke mehanizme, ki so potrebni za dolgoročni uspeh. Kot nekdanji poklicni športnik to zelo dobro razumem, saj sem se tudi sam spopadal s podobnimi izzivi.
Mnogi športniki so izjemno trmasti......
https://t.co/bvG0AHC2Qs
So happy to say that this incredible story is CONFIRMED! 😍 I also read an article saying that some fast-food restaurant from Ljubljana wants to reward Mitja with free burek for the whole year. 😅 All credit to @DriMatej who was the original source, thank you!
Mitja Meznar: "It was completely subconscious. When I saw that he was on the ground and had a breakdown, I was shocked, but then I reacted completely instinctively and tried to get him back in motion as soon as possible to continue his fight. The whole thing unfolded extremely quickly."