It's a combination of things, but it will pass.

I'm coming back from injuries and loss of fitness, and a few weeks ago my rides really left me nonplussed - as much as I tried to enjoy an unambitious ride, there were several for which I just couldn't wait for it to be over. That was tough, in part because I tell myself, "I love to ride - any ride, however short or slow is better than staying at home.", and so, to feel otherwise even in somewhat moderate weather (what little of that we had in March) seemed like self-betreyal.

I'm over that hump and enjoying myself immensely, and what it took was to keep going out there, even if I didn't go far or hard, until I began to feel some progress. Then it felt much better.

But now that I'm out and riding, including riding in groups, I'm finding that early spring malaise is a regional pandemic. Everybody in the upper midwest is shellshocked by that winter. Many who normally maintain quite a bit of fitness over the winter were demoralized and having a hard time getting back in the swing of things.