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[Enso108]

Please help me I've lost my cycling mojo and I don't know what to do.
I've been running a lot lately in preparation for a half marathon in October and I want to ride my bike but when its time to train I look at the track pump, look at my running shoes, grab the shoes and head for the door.
What do you advise, should I buy a new bit of kit for the bike, I think that could help get my cycling mojo back.

 

[Kirstie]

Do your half marathon and then get back to the cycling after that?
No need to spend money...

 

[montage]

Running is far easier to do than cycling....where it is getting colder and wetter...I'm getting less bothered to clean my bike, pump it up..etc etc. So put aside an hour, maybe after a nice run you have done, to clean your bike, get it ready to ride, tyres fully pumped, then get all your kit ready to ride...come the weekend, just jump on the bike and go.

I'm suffering from the same thing at the moment....but all fitness is good fitness, and I planned to run more during the winter anyway

 

[arallsopp]

After 6 months of marathon training, I *LOVED* getting back on the bike. I was so fast up hills, it was scary. Went out on the MTB and was amazed at how my leg strength had improved.

(Then my back exploded.)

 

[Perfect Virgo]

Yes, I too find running helps with cycling fitness but not as much the other way round. I certainly notice the difference when I run after a two week lay off - even if I have still cycled some long rides. I like to maintain both but with the Canadian winter freeze only a few weeks away it will soon be running only for me.

As you are training for a half-marathon (competitive or fun, it's still a gruelling challenge), then why not set a goal to enter an organised road cycling event? Might give you an incentive..

 

[jpembroke]

Please help me I've lost my cycling mojo and I don't know what to do.
I've been running a lot lately in preparation for a half marathon in October and I want to ride my bike but when its time to train I look at the track pump, look at my running shoes, grab the shoes and head for the door.
What do you advise, should I buy a new bit of kit for the bike, I think that could help get my cycling mojo back.

Ditto. This happened to me a couple of years back. Children means less time to train and running fits in better with the family schedule. I run off road on local hills and it's just so easy to put on the running shoes and head off for an hour. Got quite good at it too: came 6th out of 200 in the Leckhampton Hill race this year. I reckon you should do what you enjoy. If running is currently your thing then stick with it. If you're anything like me you'll drift back in to cycling at some point (I seem to be getting back on the bike more at the moment).

 

[Enso108]

Thanks guys I don't feel so guilty now, I felt like I was letting my bike down, it stares at me from the garage like a puppy in a kennel.
Seriously time is probably the biggest factor, maybe after the Aviemore half I'll be able to cycle for pleasure rather than for training.
I'll buy a new bit of kit just in case.

 

[addictfreak]

I have just started running again after a long lay off. If anything the running is helping the cycling. I have lost weight while keeping the strength, if not improving it. Now when I get on the bike im faster and climb much better.

Its just a case of getting the balance right and finding the time of course.

 

[fossyant]

Running...what's that......?

Were you not born with two wheels between your legs ?

Get out there !

 

[vernon]

There's no magic solution. You're ready for cycling or you're not. I have no troubled conscience when I have a break as I know that I'll be out on one of my bikes eventually. After all, I am in control of the situation and I have chosen not to ride and know that at some stage I'll choose to ride again.

If however, I want to ride and I'm prevented from doing so by circumstances beyond my control, then that's a different matter. I missed out on audaxing every weekend from mid-November to mid-January because of respiratory problems and other commitments and was chomping at the bit when I got my first ride in on January 11th. I was pleasantly surprised at how little residual fitness I'd lost too so don't worry too much about being off pace.

 

[jpembroke]

Thanks guys I don't feel so guilty now, I felt like I was letting my bike down, it stares at me from the garage like a puppy in a kennel.
Seriously time is probably the biggest factor, maybe after the Aviemore half I'll be able to cycle for pleasure rather than for training.
I'll buy a new bit of kit just in case.

You live in the highlands? You should take up hill (fell) running if you don't all ready. There is something very special about moving quickly in the mountains. Minimal kit: lightweight, high, and fast. Wonderful.