Lost my mojo....BIG STYLE

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vickster

Legendary Member
Get a friend to do the honours, follow their pace
 

Flying_Monkey

Recyclist
Location
Odawa
It sounds to me like you'g got into that over-training loop that sometimes captures people who are highly fit but paranoid about losing it. Seriously, you are still ill - antibiotics will totally wipe you out along with whatever they were intended to target. Take two weeks off. Relax. Don't worry about why you don't want to push it - it's completely normal. After that, build up slowly again and don't expect to do what you were doing before for at least a month. And pay far more attention to your eating and drinking. Getting dehydrated in an event is not the sign of a hard man, it's a sign that you aren't looking after yourself well enough. Be a bit kinder to yourself.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
That voice inside your head is trying to blame your present condition on what it feels caused it. You did what you felt was your best, although you no longer feel like you tried hard enough. "It shouldn't have happenned to me" is playing on your mind
From what you've posted that one voice is winning.
As others have said take it easy for a while.
 

Shut Up Legs

Down Under Member
Just don't make the break too long, because it can get hard to get motivated to restart cycling. I've made that mistake myself a few times.
 

GrumpyGregry

Here for rides.
Have a holiday :smile: Or get a mountain bike/recumbent/tandem/trike/fixie for a change
^This. Do something different on a bike. Learn to do manuals, or track stands, ride to the other side of town to buy a paper, get yourself and your bike on a train and ride somewhere you've never been.

Your mojo isn't lost; it's mislaid.
 

Ganymede

Veteran
Location
Rural Kent
Do you know any kids who can't ride or who'd like their first proper bike ride (I mean a few miles)? Be a good uncle!

There's loads of good advice upthread about you not being well enough yet. Seems to me you're so used to being fit, but in a rather strenuous way, that you've lost track of what "well-being" feels like which is why you're a bit at sea now. Go for a swim in the sea, or a river or lake.
 

shouldbeinbed

Rollin' along
Location
Manchester way
Just don't make the break too long, because it can get hard to get motivated to restart cycling. I've made that mistake myself a few times.
pertinent bit. You've found your way back eventually to be able to make the mistake again.

@speccy1 don't force it, your body is asking for help/time to heal, its either going to be physical or mental pain it can speak to you in, its picked mental this time, our bodies know what they need to do to get back to a point where they will be ready to go again.
 

Ganymede

Veteran
Location
Rural Kent
pertinent bit. You've found your way back eventually to be able to make the mistake again.

@speccy1 don't force it, your body is asking for help/time to heal, its either going to be physical or mental pain it can speak to you in, its picked mental this time, our bodies know what they need to do to get back to a point where they will be ready to go again.
Yes, and because it's an internal problem, not an obvious injury, it's less easy to see or identify - you don't have an obvious broken collar-bone glaring at you. When it's your system that needs a rest, it can feel harder to justify to yourself, and feel like a mental/emotional problem instead of a physical one.
 

alans

black belt lounge lizard
Location
Staffordshire
BTDTGTTS
I'd suggest that you make a conscious decision to take a break from cycling with no self imposed pressure or decision regarding when you will return to it.

In the meantime spend 90% of your £ on fast cars & fast women & squander the rest.The squandering of £ will allow you to feel guilty about something other than not cycling.This is the physcological equivalent of a hair shirt & flagellation.
You should also sell ALL your bikes & cycling kit.This is guaranteed to generate the desire to ride because human nature dictates that you will always want that which is unavailable to you.
Find an alternative past-time.Morris dancing or train spotting perhaps?Both of which will require that you retain your beard & continue to use strange footwear.

To be serious..
Ride when/if you wish to.
Chill out,don't fret.Be :becool: if you don't.

When/if you ride choose new routes & a different m.o. to defeat any creeping boredom

hth
 
Just don't make the break too long, because it can get hard to get motivated to restart cycling. I've made that mistake myself a few times.
Agreed, @victor is dead on the money. I have been there, and I am in such a place at the moment. The break was forced due to moving country, house to renovate friends and family to visit at weekends etc., I have found that getting any motivation to go out on the bike is hugely difficult (I even washed my van today instead, and this is normally just an annual occurrence), but once I force myself to do it, I have a great time.
 
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