I want my cycling mojo back!

[Catrin]

I can tell you how I achieved that--by taking my cycling computer off my bike and othewise not tracking miles, speed or etc. Sometimes I miss having a big mileage goal (and meeting it), tracking my progress, etc., but it was something I ended up trading off for a bit of extra sanity. Granted, some of the things that forced that change have, themselves, since changed, and it might be time to for me to revisit more specific goals and the means by which to track them, but I don't regret taking a big step back at the time. Bodies change, lives change, interests change, goals change. In my mind, strong are the flexible.

So, go with what feels good, body mind and spirit. God knows you're kicking butt with your current routine. I see no reason for you to rock that boat unless and until you're ready to.

Good advice Indy, and that is exactly what I've been trying to do. I started the wild gym work as a way to take care of imbalances and to hopefully help prevent future bike injuries, but it became something else along the way. I WILL ride this summer, but in a different way than I've tried before. I like the idea of just simply removing my bike computer and heart rate monitor. That in and of itself changes the focus. Part of me says that I need the computer to have an idea of speed and cadence - but quite frankly I don't use it for shifting as some do. It is a way of keeping track...and probably helps to keep me in that part of my head that I need to get out of. I was pretty successful in doing that during my first riding season when I was trying to ride 10,000 miles in my first year

For me a goal is to ride through Lower Marlboro and stop to enjoy the scenery of the Patuxent River near that cute old customs house at least twice this year.

Another goal is to ride again down that lovely lane in Thurmont that I discovered last October. The one that ran alongside the creek.

Ooooh NY Biker, I LIKE your goals. Nothing wrong with changing the nature of goals