rlb
Well-Known Member
Round Here - 8/4/17
What's been going on round here? A bunch of stuff which does not include riding a bike. Since we're a numbers group (ok, maybe some more than others) and streaks are hot at the moment, I’ll bite:
46: number of consecutive days without a ride
57: number of days until 2017 Century for the Cure. I’m not worried about the gap, as long as I can manage to ride regularly from now on. In the past I’ve had similar gaps in riding, and I find that bounce back pretty quick.
5: number of years I've consecutively ridden the century (missed 2011 by chance/fate). I keep going back because it’s a great cause and it’s a very well-run event. Scott Glickman who runs it is a great dude and I run into him locally a few times a year. If you do one charity/organized riding event a year, I’d consider this one!
So, despite the conventional wisdom that stating a public goal doesn't help you achieve it, I'm here to say that I have a goal to get back into century shape in the next 57 days.
On the heels of the July challenge I’ve been thinking about some AM rides to get back into the swing of things. Since moving to my current house, the July 2015 challenge was the only time I was putting in pre-work rides. I found it to be easily doable but lack of motivation has been the clear winner since then. This morning I decided to cut the shit at try to knock off some of the rust. Admittedly it’s not much of a challenging route, but it wasn’t so bad. It’s always a tough reality the first time you ask your legs to do some real work and you realize the tanks haven’t been filled in weeks. I’m looking to change that soon.
What else is going on? I’m collecting parts to build a grocery getter/bad weather bike (since I’ve been hitting the rain days hard lately). My other goal is to get my wife back into the yoga studio. She’s supportive of me getting back on the bike and she want to see my ride the century, so it’s only fair that I try to get her back into her thing too. I think she’s lost a little zen in the last 9 or 10 months, and she deserves it!
Oh yes, there is one good reason for the lost saddle & yoga time:
What's been going on round here? A bunch of stuff which does not include riding a bike. Since we're a numbers group (ok, maybe some more than others) and streaks are hot at the moment, I’ll bite:
46: number of consecutive days without a ride
57: number of days until 2017 Century for the Cure. I’m not worried about the gap, as long as I can manage to ride regularly from now on. In the past I’ve had similar gaps in riding, and I find that bounce back pretty quick.
5: number of years I've consecutively ridden the century (missed 2011 by chance/fate). I keep going back because it’s a great cause and it’s a very well-run event. Scott Glickman who runs it is a great dude and I run into him locally a few times a year. If you do one charity/organized riding event a year, I’d consider this one!
So, despite the conventional wisdom that stating a public goal doesn't help you achieve it, I'm here to say that I have a goal to get back into century shape in the next 57 days.
On the heels of the July challenge I’ve been thinking about some AM rides to get back into the swing of things. Since moving to my current house, the July 2015 challenge was the only time I was putting in pre-work rides. I found it to be easily doable but lack of motivation has been the clear winner since then. This morning I decided to cut the shit at try to knock off some of the rust. Admittedly it’s not much of a challenging route, but it wasn’t so bad. It’s always a tough reality the first time you ask your legs to do some real work and you realize the tanks haven’t been filled in weeks. I’m looking to change that soon.
What else is going on? I’m collecting parts to build a grocery getter/bad weather bike (since I’ve been hitting the rain days hard lately). My other goal is to get my wife back into the yoga studio. She’s supportive of me getting back on the bike and she want to see my ride the century, so it’s only fair that I try to get her back into her thing too. I think she’s lost a little zen in the last 9 or 10 months, and she deserves it!
Oh yes, there is one good reason for the lost saddle & yoga time:
