Originally Posted by
bampilot06
I think initially it was over training, from there is was frustration after frustration that kept stone walling me. From there I basically rode at zone 1 for a year which didn’t help. Then when I started training again, I couldn’t accept the fact I had regressed so was trying to do more than I physically could do and not understanding why I couldn’t do it.
Waking up at 3 am finally caught up to me, but it’s a catch 22. Traffic has picked up tremendously since we moved to Williamsburg, to the point I don’t feel safe if isn’t super early.
Riding solo all the time finally caught up to me. Have done one group ride in 2 years……
Route fatigue. Tired of the roads I have available to me, and the routes where I feel safe. Colonial Parkway is still closed to yorktown, going on 2 years.
I feel ya on all of these points.
Having to work to hold a pace, that used to be easy, is frustrating.
Route fatigue is real - even though I'm only at ~1k miles this year, it's tedious to even think about riding through 10 miles of the same ol' corridors just to get out on to some of my longer, more enjoyable routes.
The occasional group ride helps, 'specially with the motivation just to get out, but I still prefer to do the bulk of my riding solo.