I want my cycling mojo back!

[Catrin]

I admit it, I, Catrin, have lost my cycling mojo. She ran away from home at the end of summer and I want her to come home.

I think it was about injuries, and there have been quite a few in my 3 seasons of riding. Overuse injuries, major whiplash (mtb), and this last year I just went from one injury to another on the mountain bike trail. No wonder it became more attractive to lift heavy things and do wild stuff at the gym! Perhaps it isn't a surprise that ANYTHING this winter has been more attractive than the trainer. I guess it was just time to get off the bike for a time.

I am starting to watch riders, even in this cold weather, with a bit of longing. I probably need to approach riding differently this year, and plan events of different types - NOT just those that revolve around wheels. Balance is a good thing I really, really, really want to be able to ride through at least one season without preventable injury. Both PT and doctor are strongly hinting that the whiplash may not improve more than it has, at least not for a long time - so my mountain biking days may simply be over I guess that I just wasn't cut out for it, as much as I loved it. So perhaps the balance is to do my wild gym workouts and just focus on having fun on the bike - whatever that looks like!

So I need to entice my cycling mojo to return home... I wonder if she likes really good dark chocolate????