Originally Posted by
Flimflam
That also reminds me, how do you keep motivated to stretch? Other than pain, I find myself all too easily saying "eff it" and just sitting about when I get in... not good for my lil ol' knees I'm finding more and more.
I'm a HUGE fan of the stretch which has actually caused major debate from time to time which I've always found odd. When I was a kid and had a lot of free time to do 8+ hour rides I noticed a little stretching made a BIG difference. I found the more I did it - daily, twice if I'm good - the better/longer I rode/felt. Like Shapelike said, I'm sure it's different for everyone, but I've found getting into a morning or evening routine helps. Then after the first week generally it's so much easier and motivation is much less a problem.
Originally Posted by
shapelike
I was at Patty King this morning (spicy beef patty avec coco bread) and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" came on ... which then of course got stuck in my head and then I found myself sprinting down Spadina to "AND I NEED YOU MORE, THAN EVER!" ... which was odd/motivating/even odder to say the least. It was the skate video effect gone horribly wrong.
Haha! Last summer King Tobra passed one of his tiny lil' earbuds to me to listen to a song and instead, that song "accidentally" came on. Then I caught him mouthing the words during a climb. I wonder what happens when you play it backwards? Does it have strange spin inducing mantras hidden in it?