I tried the "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can." once. Trying to psyche myself up. As I ran out of gears and steam before I ran out of uphill my chant changed to "Are you sure you really want to? Are you sure you really want to?". Then it was "What were you thinking? What were you thinking?"

After that I stopped talking to myself while on the bike.

Thanks for dredging up painful memories.