Originally Posted by hawkijohn

All the riding I've done since getting into cycling just 7 months ago has been in the training mode. Seems every one of the well over 2000 miles has been at pretty high intensity. I'm not complaining about that, I've really enjoyed the hard work it's results but it seems lately I've gone out with the intent to just do a little recreational riding and I'm right back to checking ave speed, speed I can climb a hill vs the last time I did it, top speed down a hill, and on and on....I'm not highly competitive with others but just love to see myself beat my own previous bests. I'm starting to wonder if I'm missing something. Am I a little out of balance in my total cycling experience?