Originally Posted by
kahughey
Today I was straddling the fence between take a nap or ride. I kept having this nagging thought... " At least put your stuff on and go pump up the tires. By then, you'll probably want to go for a short ride. " So I put my stuff on pumped my tires and set out to do my easy loop. It was closed due to Arts Festival. Kept going and to make a long story short, climbed part of Red Top Mountain. (a residential section) I did not think I was ready for that kind of ride but I did it, because at least I put my stuff on and pumped up the tires.
Thanks Trojan Horse!

Ha! Awesome... I did the same thing today. I went camping with my son all weekend and I was tired, it was 95 out (suck it, northeast people) and my wife said "hey, let's go for a ride" so we did.
I sometimes need a little external motivation but really, I never regret it.