motivation

**trichef** · 09-20-2007, 01:22 AM

to all you girls out there, what motivates you to go out the door and ride your bike? anyone can answer!!

**divingbiker** · 09-20-2007, 01:38 AM

I have to get to work.

**DirtDiva** · 09-20-2007, 02:22 AM

Sunshine... Cake... Beer... Good company... New bike bits...

(Not necessarily in that order.

)

**NJBikeGal** · 09-20-2007, 02:26 AM

The smile that appears upon my face every time I charge down a hill at 35 mph....the lovely ache that fills my legs after a grueling VO2 MAx workout....the knowledge that I will be able to hold my own next year in Cat 3 and open races....my teammates....my husband....my health....me!

Can't say much more than that!

**makbike** · 09-20-2007, 02:30 AM

Being able to ride with the fast pack! Climbing hills with less effort, being with a great group of people, laughing, eating and encouraging each other along the way. Improving my personal stats and kicking a certain individual's a** on club rides

**Tuckervill** · 09-20-2007, 03:10 AM

The wind in my hair and the fresh air. The tight muscles in my butt.

The feeling of escape.

Karen

**lph** · 09-20-2007, 03:17 AM

The sheer joy of movement.

**batsheva** · 09-20-2007, 03:31 AM

what motivation to get out there???

all the fit tanned biker boys kitted out in spandex

**Thorn** · 09-20-2007, 04:20 AM

Hard to be lph's reply (beautifully put, lph), but, for me, it is 1-5 hours of escape--a mini-vacation, a de-stressifier.

**bmccasland** · 09-20-2007, 04:30 AM

The thought of *Recess!*

when I get on my bike after work. And when the weather is nice, the shear fun of being out on a pretty day.

**Torrilin** · 09-20-2007, 06:38 AM

If I don't, I will run out of tasty food to eat. And then I will be sad. And hungry.

That works even on days where I'm feeling pretty beat up and run down.

**margo49** · 09-20-2007, 06:47 AM

I am my best self on my bike.
I feel like...me.
Essential and quintessential margo

Takes me 200 m to get into this Zone. Really.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 09-20-2007, 07:14 AM

Two things motivate me:

I usually treat myself to a good breakfast before my ride...can't wait for that croissant and latte....and I feel I "earn" that breakfast if i ride 20 or 30 miles afterwards.

I remember what it was like to be a kid again while riding my bike down country roads. That sense of freedom and carefreeness is very motivating to me. Such a simple wonderful pleasure, pedaling along past the cornfields, past babbling streams, kids playing in their yards, cats sunning themselves on porches....