My motivation has got up and gone!
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TwistingMyMelon said:
Not for me, but there are usually a fair few posts like this time of year. Although to be fair I could never just go out on a 50 mile ride on my own, I'd get too borred so just do club rides, commuting and brutal short hilly rides
Heres what I would do:
-Join a club, winter club rides are great, often the pace drops due to weather so they can be great social rides as well
I did, but they ride Tues and Thursday nights and usually kick off at 7pm, I'm not home from work by then let alone ready to go out on the bikeHeres what I would do:
-Join a club, winter club rides are great, often the pace drops due to weather so they can be great social rides as well
TwistingMyMelon said:
-Give rides a purpose, such as commuting to work/riding to a mates/riding to relatives etc
Works 35 miles away, one way! Plan on trying it when the weathers warmer, and catching the train home. Rides at the moment are trying to find the hills, not easy when you live on the start of the Fens!TwistingMyMelon said:
-Book a big ride in Feb/March and start training now
Not many ultras around that time, first one that's planned at the moment is JuneTwistingMyMelon said:
-Buy a decent home trainer and use one of the new VR training programmes, zwift etc, some great challenges on there if you like that kind of thing
Got one, but I live in a flat and they guy below me complained! I also don't have a computer powerful enough to run Zwift. Thankfully I would make a profit if I sold it-Do something else, such as weights/yoga/pilates to compliment cycling. I used to do weights to compliment riding, but lately I have switched more to pilates, stretching and yoga and really notice the difference in flexibility and benefits
- Don't be afraid to take time off and relax, sometimes the body needs a rest and this time of year is the best time for it!
TwistingMyMelon said:
I don't mind running a motivation encouragement course at mine if you want?
It involves spending a week with me and our 2 x teenagers (with attitude) , 1 x mental toddler , 2 x dogs (1 x angry terrier and 1 x mad collie) , 2 x cats (one of which is the devil in disguise) plus 1 x misses who indulges in odd episodes of "the mental". Let me tell you after a week you will be beating the door down to get to a bike just to get away from all of the above.....at least that's my excuse!
I'll take the woofers, but you can keep the rest!! It involves spending a week with me and our 2 x teenagers (with attitude) , 1 x mental toddler , 2 x dogs (1 x angry terrier and 1 x mad collie) , 2 x cats (one of which is the devil in disguise) plus 1 x misses who indulges in odd episodes of "the mental". Let me tell you after a week you will be beating the door down to get to a bike just to get away from all of the above.....at least that's my excuse!
Gruffy said:
I have the same struggle and I'm sure most riders do this time of year.
One small trick is to get everything lined up the night before to make the 'bed to shed' part as easy as possible. Then, in the morning, do it on auto-pilot. Often I'd be 20 minutes into my ride without really any awareness of what happened but by then I'm into it, like you say.
I can't get much shorter! I live in a flat and to get to the sofa, I have to go past the bikes!One small trick is to get everything lined up the night before to make the 'bed to shed' part as easy as possible. Then, in the morning, do it on auto-pilot. Often I'd be 20 minutes into my ride without really any awareness of what happened but by then I'm into it, like you say.
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