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10. off work sick. all the time of day for it
good, spring's in the air and the road bike's been out 3 early mornings in a row. payback in summer's the motivation at the mo
my motivation is enough for about 12 hours per week.. my knee is unfortunately only good enough for less than 4 at the moment.. 🙁
This thread has spurred me on and I've just bought a new bike 😀
Pretty good but only cos it's been dry. So that means the Honourable P-T lives up to her name, goads me to push myself and is abusive but she has the last laugh. 🙄
like spinal tap it's all the way to 11. I love bikes, sometimes I just go and stroke my 29" beauty to sooth myself when I can't hammer up a muddy gully or ride until I get sore.
Barring the wind from hell today, quite high. I'm just feeling so good for being on the bike after nine months of injury, hospitals, and physio, that I actually look for excuses to go out on my commuter.
Lets say 6- I'm riding quite a lot but I could be riding more, I've got time on my hands. But it's just me solo most of the time so very easy to make excuses.
has been 1 since 2nd January, day after last ride.
Working all hours possible, had 4 weeks suffering with flu, now looking forward to April with Junior Cando finishing his rugby season and my new bike on it's way
Around 7ish for road, 8-9 for mtb.
up until this week 1-2,but have started a diary of trying to get my fitness back.for the first time this year i went out off road and loved every second of it (even with a headwind) now it's at 8-9.will be going out again this weekend. 😀
Dunno, 2 or 3? I don't have the time and even if I did I can't actually sit on a saddle at the moment due to some pretty bad discomfort. Not ridden a bike for nearly 3 weeks now 🙁
10
Looks like a heap of snow out there. Frabjous joy!
Im a 9 or 10 at the moment. An old mate told me he was into road bikes for the last couple of years. Known for being the mountain biker in my 'back in the day' social group, i decided to do a road ride with him back in January. He promptly 'blitzed' me on an embarassing 34 miler one Sunday and i now i haven't missed a Sunday ride since. To be fair he'd come out of a road race season and i've only been doing my 26 mile work commute.I'd long given up Sunday mud mtb'ing and believe roading it is more beneficial.
I've now adopted the high cadence,spinny technique as shown by my mate ,but i won't get the flash computers to measure cadence and all that. The thing is my mates has had some excuses for not riding since i built up my fitness and got my own back a little on a 60 miler, and we haven't ridden for over a month now.
Doesn't matter because i've got so fit im looking forward to racing after a ten year abscence on that front.I've never been so structured in my training at 41 and have added two hill sessions per week to my sunday ride since Feb and i want to round it all off with one or two interval sessions per week throughout march....Brilliant!!!!
10.
Had an awful time last year dealing with important family matters, not all of which turned out for the best, which stopped me from riding. This year I'm finding that hurting myself on a bike as I try to get back in shape is quite cathartic. Bring it on.
10! I started mtb'ing last September. Never know anything other than mud and sludge. Cannot wait to experience a sunny day on my bike. But sliding around and getting caked in mud is good enough for now. Its been a great way to get outdoors and be active in the winter. Bit bored of washing my bike and muddy cycling gear, cant say my motivation for that part is 10.
not that high at the mo thismorning was about 3 now after playing in the cave for a hour im up to a 7 for motivation but cant ride due to tonsilitouse(sp) so fealling pretty weak need to pick up a turbo trainer for when i feel ok.
Well... I made it out last night. Home, changed, out 🙂
Had a great run out round Rammy on my own. Discovered a pretty hairy descent that, if I'm honest, I may have bottled riding if I'd have been able to see it all when I set off from the top. Another one of the joys of night riding eh? 😀
Itching to get out tomorrow for a biggie. I've now got a pass out for an all dayer*. Woooooohooooooooo.
*may be dependent on jellyness of legs after a few hours
While we're on the subject of paths to oblivion. Rumour has it that you were lured away on some kind of Jazz-based evening? Any truth in this?
OMG no!!! Just seen this. Was meeting badly wired dog in Hayfield, only all roads were shut, so we went in the globe in Glossop for a beer, oooh look it sells curry for £2.90. Then a pub quiz broke out, then they gave out free hot pot. I think they call it carb loading
Higher than it was, maybe 8.