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Suffering from a lack of winter motivation

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  • December 13, 2012 at 3:12 pm #17454
    Leviathan

    When I look outside I just shiver, it is either cold or wet or cold and wet. I am suffering from a lack of winter motivation. I just don’t have to go out on my bike so I don’t. I convince myself it is too slippy or my toes will freeze, that I have better things to do at home – or that I will CRASH!!!

    I have been carefully logging my training in my diary (spreadsheet) and keeping a 30-days rolling total. At one point in August it was up to 618km in the previous 30days. Today it is on 244km and tomorrow my one and only Metric Century drops off and I will be down to 144km. Trips to Tesco aren’t going to get that back up.

    Believe me I have all the kit I need to keep me warm if it is not literally freezing, but anything below 4C I just think that I can feel the water density sucking energy out of everything.

    I wait and hope that it will be dry and mild for just a day and BBC weather always promises that it will be so in 3 or 4 days but the next day the prediction moves back and another day of showers or freeze comes in.

    I don’t have a trainer or rollers and don’t really have the money for one at the moment. I’ve ridden over 5,000 km so far this year and never been into my cycling like this before. Are these winter blues to be expected? Should I stop looking at my graphs and maps for a month?

    What motivation can you suggest to get me back out on the road?

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  • December 13, 2012 at 8:56 pm #708825
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    Raleigh

    Quote:However, it looks like

    However, it looks like things are going to improve next week so now may be the time to meditate on rules 5 and 9.

    lol 👿

    December 13, 2012 at 8:47 pm #708823
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    Leviathan

    Sorry, can’t find any closed
    Sorry, can’t find any closed circuit racing series near me. They all seem to be for the youth and/or in the summer. Besides, paying to go around a car park 100 times sounds even worse.

    There’s nothing for it. I will just have to use my bed as a time machine to transport me to the spring, and hope I don’t gain back everything I’ve lost.

    December 13, 2012 at 8:38 pm #708821
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    Firstly, there’s nothing
    Firstly, there’s nothing wrong with a rest. There may be some good reasons why you don’t feel like going out and the past few days in particular have been awful conditions for a ride. However, it looks like things are going to improve next week so now may be the time to meditate on rules 5 and 9. It is always better than it looks from indoors when you are out on the bike and there is no such thing as a bad turn of the pedals. Every mile, every revolution that you put in now will make you a better cyclist next summer. Whatever your goals are – going faster, further, losing weight, burning your mates or just enjoying time out on the bike, every extra minute you spend racking up the miles over winter will pay you back come the summer. What are you waiting for? Get out and ride!

    December 13, 2012 at 8:22 pm #708819
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    Adam Buckland_ASD

    How about getting to one of
    How about getting to one of the winter closed circuit racing series, if you don’t fancy racing in the winter just use the facilities while there is nothing, a lot safer and no cars to worry about. Also a place to have a quality, structured session that isn’t on turbo/rollers!!

    Or, do you have an old MTB or a chunky road bike with Cross tyre that would put up with a little steady off road then try out some of the local byways, common land etc – lots more grip off road, especially in the frost/ice

    December 13, 2012 at 6:55 pm #708817
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    Raleigh

    Either, take a week off, or
    Either, take a week off, or watch some videos.

    Particularly the British Cycling: Road to Glory

    A couple of weeks ago I was the same, no races coming up soon, sh*t weather, and no buddies to go out with in London.

    My housemaster lent me the DVD, and although I’d seen it before, Wiggins climbing up onto the roof of that car really reignited my passion…

    Good luck! 😀

    December 13, 2012 at 4:10 pm #708815
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    Gkam84

    Check here for some
    Check here for some motivation

    http://road.cc/content/forum/70546-how-do-you-motivate-yourself-ride-rubbish-weather

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