Originally Posted by claire
Thanks to both of you for the advice! I've been pretty low on motivation these last couple of weeks but I'm starting to feel better!
I know exactly how you feel!! My motivation for anything cycling-related basically died around the end of October, and I've done two centuries and 1 hour on my trainer since. It didn't help that I haven't been well in that time either. About a month ago, I had basically decided to take this coming year off long distance cycling all together, but gradually my motivation is coming back and I'm sitting at about 75% for going to the PBP and about 25% for not going to the PBP.
I suspect that those of us who are heavily involved in long distance cycling run the risk of overtraining and becoming burned out from time to time, and I also suspect that every now and then it might actually be beneficial to take some time off the bicycle for a while ... it helps to renew our love of cycling!