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I was questioning myself this yesterday when doing an over under interval session and feeling I was about to vomit. I don’t race, and haven’t ridden a bike outdoors for pleasure in almost a year. I do ride for work purposes.
Covid happened and I was aware I was overweight and cardio fitness wasn’t good either. But I had decent core strength and flexibility/range of movement. So I started to do TrainerRoad again as being fat and out of breath both complicate Covid symptoms.
Weight has dropped and cardio fitness has increased by almost 25% in the lockdown period. I feel better, clothes that I couldn’t squeeze into now fit again and if I do get ill hopefully my risk levels have reduced.
I hope to get out on road and trails soon and generally enjoy riding more when not struggling. I’d rather suffer at home on turbo but have this offset by Netflix or YouTube and then when I ride outdoors I can enjoy the terrain, views or company better. Also I am aware that the compact structured nature of TrainerRoad workouts is probably a more efficient way to increase ftp etc than trying to do intervals on the road and contend with other road users.
But yesterday’s moment of nausea did lead me to question why I was training so obsessively. Though the answer seems to be I am obsessive, but am also enjoying the product of the pointless training.