March 6 Rides

[kmehrzad]

It's a Spring Training Camp in the Blue Ridge Mtns of VA. (and I don't think I could handle a full week with that coach w/o going absolutely Postal on someone. ).

I've actually thrown out my back watching birds from my bike (and ridden my bike completely off the road!). Birdwatching + bike riding = very bad for my health! My main problem is I am faster than the slow riders and slower than the fast riders, so I'm forever stuck in no-man's land on each group ride.

LOL --- So there's a possibility you'd go Postal on Coach Josh, eh? I agree, you've got to be in the right frame of mind to ride a week's worth of "90 - 100 mile days, and finish feeling like you did all you could do. And then get up the next day and do another 50 just to make sure."

[Crankin]

7rider, I have the same monkey on my back. I have got to get rid of the negativity. I am actually getting weird anxiety things before riding, although it doesn't stop me... some of it is my total lack of mechanical ability, still after almost 10 years of riding. I'm trying to give myself a dose of my own medicine: deep breathing and positive self talk.
I have always been too fast for the slow group and too slow for the fast group. Of course, this depends who you ride with, but it seems like I peaked in 2006 and it's been downhill since then.

[redrhodie]

I did a 29 mile RT commute. Gorgeous day, and not much traffic since it was Sat. I did 92 miles this week.