People are motivated by different things. But in my case, my long distance riding is a chance to do things with other people, not by myself. When I first started randonneuring, I was mostly riding by myself, and did one ride a month. When I started riding with other people, that was a lot more fun, and I started riding every week.
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"be careful this rando stuff is addictive and dan's the 'pusher'."