Ever feel like quitting?

[MomOnBike]

I have found that keeping my expectations low keeps my attitude positive. (Gee, I did SO MUCH better than I thought I would today. I must be really wonderful.) This, of course, can be taken too far...

YMMV, of course.

[Kathi]

Seagrape,

I wish I had a choice about whether I should ride, ski etc. I'm 1 week post op from ACL surgery so my choices right now are what time of day I do my PT.

My knee is very stiff, just got out of the immobilizer. I had hoped to ride the trainer today but my OS says I can't ride the trainer until I get some range of motion. To top it off its very grey today, raining and snowing.

I probably won't be riding, except for the trainer, again until early June at the earliest.

So my message to you is to appreciate that you have choices to help keep your life in balance.

[KSH]

Good morning, all...

I'm just sort of wondering- do you ever have days when you just want to throw your bike off of a bridge?

I mean, sometimes I wonder why I continue road cycling... Dumb Barbies in people carriers, idiotic pedestrians, punctures?

I'm in a bad mood today, anyway, but I sometimes wish I'd stayed on a swim team. I've recently had a couple of close calls in the past week (some of it me, admittedly) and there are very few routes (like 2) that I can take.

How do you overcome bad attitude?

Well, for me... it's all about doing what's fun.

For example, I know that if I rode all the time, I would drop it all together.

So, I train for tri's. I get to swim, run (BLAH!), and ride. I always have something different to do, and that keeps me interested. Then, if there is a day that I don't FEEL like exercising, I don't.

I also make sure that I ride with groups, and when I was riding more last summer, I made sure that I did 1 no drop ride a week, and rode for the fun of it. No worrying about speed...just riding and chatting.

Maybe just take a few days off the bike, and then get back to it. Or, maybe try to supplement your time with some swim days (look for masters swimming in your town).

Best of luck!