really was full of good intentions....

[gavroche]

....today to go for a nice 20 odd miles but the mind was not in the mood. So what did I do? I raised the saddle of my MTB and went to buy a tin of cat food down the road ( about 1.5mile return). My excuse for not taking my road bike was that the wind is strong and it is now raining slightly. I am a fair weather rider you know!
I did cut the grass ( last time this year), took some rubbish to the tip, washed the car ( in car wash) and painted a door.
Now I feel guilty for not going out as it is too late but at least my bike is still clean and dry.
Should I really feel guilty or was my body telling me to have a rest?
The good thing is that there is always tomorrow.

 

[SurlyNomad]

Tomorrow never comes gav! But i can't talk! I went on holiday end of may and cant seem to get my ar5e back in the saddle. I keep saying i will do it tomorrow but never do. I have packed my panniers and set the alarm for tomorrow but we'll see how i feel.

 

[apollo179]

Your body was telling you to have a rest but your body is also telling you that you should feel guilty for doing so. Personally i would suspect that your body was just feeling lazy and took advantage of your trusting nature to get out of the hard miles that it should have been doing.

 

[cyberknight]

I wanted to go on a club run this weekend, i instead spent the entire weekend setting up the nursery for the arrival of mini me #2 .

The baby is not due till January but i wanted to get it sorted

 

[coffeejo]

Personally i would suspect that your body was just feeling lazy and took advantage of your trusting nature to get out of the hard miles that it should have been doing.

I wanted to go on a club run this weekend, i instead spent the entire weekend setting up the nursery for the arrival of mini me #2 .

The baby is not due till January but i wanted to get it sorted

Oooh, congratulations.

I've been out for two club rides this weekend. And cleaned the road bike twice and the Marin once.

 

[smokeysmoo]

I should have been out for a ride this morning at 08:00, finally got up at 13:00 I felt like a ruddy teenager.

So my penance was to take the dog out, and then my conscience pricked me to the extent that the dog walk turned into a dog jog. I have to say I did feel better for it, and I'm convinced I have atoned for my slothful state this morning

 

[Deleted member 1258]

....today to go for a nice 20 odd miles but the mind was not in the mood. So what did I do? I raised the saddle of my MTB and went to buy a tin of cat food down the road ( about 1.5mile return). My excuse for not taking my road bike was that the wind is strong and it is now raining slightly. I am a fair weather rider you know!
I did cut the grass ( last time this year), took some rubbish to the tip, washed the car ( in car wash) and painted a door.
Now I feel guilty for not going out as it is too late but at least my bike is still clean and dry.
Should I really feel guilty or was my body telling me to have a rest?
The good thing is that there is always tomorrow.

Your not alone, I should have done the club ride today, got up but never went, mojo awol. Most of us do it, and feel guilty about it, either the body wanted a rest or you weren't right mentally, we can get stale if we over do it. Just look forward to the next ride.

 

[Tyres23]

If only I could I have had 1 ride in 11 weeks 2 ops in the saddle area have seen to that!!!! Fingers crossed for 3 more weeks!!!