Day sixty-seven

Energy, drama and mission.

There is motion, conflict and our inherent need to see justice (or the American way) served.

The classic ingredients for a Hollywood chase scene. And more.

If you are looking to up your training game, if you have ever succumbed to ebbs of motivation, if you have ever been paralyzed by boredom while teaching your body and mind to work as a team, we might take a cue from Spielberg, Coppola, Mann, and Tarantino.

Ride it like you stole it.

Script in a chase scene. Add some high-octane to the mix. Author a dose of drama, create some evil to play off. Hollywood does all three. Elements of the chase.

Let's try one for practice and to illustrate the model.

Interior. Morning. A young man sits in front of a small TV. He is disheveled and listless. Next to him on the couch is a magazine. He opens it to a beautiful full color ad promoting a bike tour in France.

Close up of his face flashing a quick smile.

He drops the magazine and returns to his TV lethargy as a young female cyclist rides her bike along a stretch of highway. He immediately recognizes it as the Pacific Coast.

Close up of his face showing a spark of motivation.

He changes the channel with his remote. An ad for fast food appears.

He stands to look at himself in the mirror.

Close up as he presses lips, squints eyes shut, raises head upward and then opens then to reveal….commitment.

He has made the decision. To act. To chase this simple dream. He now has a goal. He has motivation. The Rocky theme plays somewhere in his head. He looks back in the mirror, sideways, and sucks in his gut.

Cut to indoor training facility. HE is there, among others, trying to get in shape. He is dying on the bike. BUT HE IS NOT GOING TO QUIT. This is the demon as enemy that chases him. The demon wants his soul, wants him to stop at Big Bubba's Burgers on the way home, wants him to sit and watch TV, wants him to quit.

The chase is on. He, his goals, the antagonist and the process of transformation. The hero's quest in a modern day setting. From couch potato to Highway 101 and eventually up the very hills that challenge the best riders in the world in the French Alps.

Will he get the girl? (Her boy friend is the team captain, and a Cat 1 jerk)

Stay tuned for part two. (INSERT COMMERCIAL HERE)