What motivates you?

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Ladies, what drives you to train? What keeps you from laying on the couch tossing back Bon-Bons all year?

If you train all year, what do you do in the winter?
Are your motivators internal or external or both?
 
hummm....great question. Love to see all the answers.

For me, there are multiple motivators. As I have aged some of them have changed in priority level. 10 years ago it was the "rush" adrenalin and endorphins and just the challenge of riding faster smoother over bigger stuff.

Today those things are still important, but I get on the bike every day because it is the best way for me to lose the extra weight I gained when I stopped riding. I have joined gyms, diet, and NOTHING works. getting on that bike is working. WHY? dont know, maybe the endorphins I experience while riding is helping to stabilize my thyroid which is way underactive.

I ride in all weathers. I prefer trails, but if its muddy, I get the road bike out. Rain? Snow? dont care. I go now!

Add to that the fact my bike is lonely when I dont ride and he is alot of fun to ride LOL (yes, my bike is a male soul)

I also want to add: My outlook on life in incredibly more positive when I am riding everyday. I ride to prevent being old.
 
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Andy said:
You, calling me a lady.
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I ride to escape the challenges of everyday life.
For me the "job" of parenting (includes teenagers) , maintaining the house & a 20yr+ marriage would be too much for me if I didn't ride my bike everyday.
Total stress buster!
Good health/high level of fitness is just a bonus
 
Andy said:
You, calling me a lady.
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Sweet. Glad I could help.

Even in the dead of winter when it's 10 degrees and windy, I am motivated by:

1. Memory. When I first started riding in 2006, the first 3 1/2 mile ride around my lake nearly killed me and the next couple weeks were insanely hard too. I'm afraid to stop riding because I never want to go back to square one. I'm not sure I'd be able to survive that again.

2. Goals. I have a couple of very long distance rides planned and I have some races in my sights. In one discipline for the races, I expect to podium and another just to complete. I won't be able to do any of those if I allow my training to lapse. So I must ride.

3. Satisfaction. No matter how brutal the temps or the wind or the weather or the hills I have never, ever in the 20 some thousands of miles I've ridden over the last 5 years, wished I stayed home. 🙂hmmm:Although I may have wished I didn't crash)

4. More Satisfaction. It gives me great pleasure to be able to endure the pain and elements knowing there's a whole bunch of sissy-boys out there who wouldn't even dream of riding below 35 degrees.😀

5. Stupidity. I think that's almost self-explanatory because you'd have to be stupid or at least crazy to ride in some of those conditions. And doubly so to do the distance rides I love to do.
 
snarkey

Girls on Bikes motivate me. Keep riding!

🙂

BTW, Cyclo... I think of you and your willingness to ride anytime or temp (like ringwood @ 20degrees), when I'm feeling lazy.

Cheers,
"slow" Joe
 
Maybe Cyclo and I need to get together. I want to ride everyday and lately I keep hearing "its too cold" UGH so I say "riding warms you up"
 
This is an awesome thread!! Joe, your comment made my day! Great stuff here.

I ride to fend off pain. When I stop, things start to hurt. Plus, I love being outside and sunshine. 🙂
 
I've been hesitating to answer due to my frustration at not having any time to get out. Too much heaped on to an already challenged schedule. Now that I've vented....I race and ride because it's what I choose to do with my free time. Being outdoors riding is good physically, mentally and spiritually. I really love connecting with the coolest women I know--I'd much rather have friends that can relate to getting dirty and riding than women who spend their time getting their nails done and shopping, then going out for coffee and donuts. And we clean up just as well...don't we?
 
pedals said:
I've been hesitating to answer due to my frustration at not having any time to get out. Too much heaped on to an already challenged schedule. Now that I've vented....I race and ride because it's what I choose to do with my free time. Being outdoors riding is good physically, mentally and spiritually. I really love connecting with the coolest women I know--I'd much rather have friends that can relate to getting dirty and riding than women who spend their time getting their nails done and shopping, then going out for coffee and donuts. And we clean up just as well...don't we?
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LOL I went for a ride today and came home with mud on my butt, in my hair, up my nose...but I didnt break a nail! :hysterica

I like dirt.
 
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