Posts

Showing posts from February, 2018

Look Up

Image
I almost didn't ride outside today. So many things swirling around in my head and riding was the least of the issues I wanted to tackle. Between the wind and semi-mucky trails on my run yesterday, I was feeling hermitish. Add in the deep fatigue I've been struggling with over the last two weeks and the heaviness in my legs whenever I tried to run or ride hard, I really didn't want to tackle anything resembling intervals. I didn't want to face the numbers and once again not have a good reason as to why I couldn't reach my target numbers. The trainer seemed like the best idea and at least then if I was feeling unmotivated, I would be able to quit really easily. And even that mentality was annoying me - not the mindset I've been trying to build up over the years - and making the motivation to ride even less. Then Nick texted after his ride in Ute, proclaiming how awesome it was. I was starting to slowly get organized for my ride and his text made me rethink the t