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@mooks
Today I went out on the geared bike for an undulating 20 mile ride. It's normally a lovely route - flat to start with to warm up to a good tempo, a few false flats to get you ready for the climbs, before a few good, steep climbs with flats in between to allow you just enough time to recover before the next one. Then it's a fast, steady downhill where you can get in a tucked position, with a couple of short mellow climbs that you can aggressively snarl your way up, just to prove you're a badass.
Today it was just hell. I couldn't find a good spinny cadence on the flats, I dropped right down to 60-70rpm on the climbs, shifted into the 25t far too early and wanted to be sick (and not in a good way) after every climb. I couldn't push myself on the downhill, meaning I didn't have enough speed or a good cadence for the other climbs.
Back home, I feel like I never want to ride again. I literally hate cycling.
I know we all get this way sometimes, but what do you do to get over it? How do you stay motivated when it just feels 'wrong'?