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The main reason why we ride is because we love it! Cycling can be challenging, playful, hard, or fun, but it should never be stressful or annoying. Unfortunately, it\u2019s easy to see it that way sometimes. Let\u2019s go over the most common reasons why cycling can become stressful and find ways to make it enjoyable again.<\/strong>
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Compare yourself less to others<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s really easy to feel annoyed and frustrated when you get dropped during a group ride or when your nemesis crushes you on yet another hill climb. Use it as a fuel to keep training and improving, but don\u2019t let it ruin your enjoyment of riding. Take a look at your own speeds and times on the same route from a year ago. The less you compare yourself to others, the easier it will be to enjoy your own progress.<\/p>\n

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Don’t try to chase the pros. Enjoy your own progress. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Look at the data less<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sometimes even looking at your own data can be the reason why you don\u2019t enjoy riding. Strava<\/a> is a great tool that offers you so many numbers to motivate you and show progress. It\u2019s also really good at making you feel like you\u2019re not making enough progress. If you get too caught up in metrics and measuring and you see that it\u2019s getting annoying, try an experiment. Go for a ride without tracking it! It will feel uncomfortable and like a waste of time at first, but stick with it. Focus only on how you feel and how fun it is to simply ride. You might just rediscover something that got lost in the numbers.<\/p>\n

Avoid annoying routes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Some routes are really good for training. They offer just the right combination of hills, and the surfaces are great. The problem is they are not perfect in other aspects. Maybe you have to ride through the whole city to get to the good spots. Or maybe there\u2019s too much traffic, noise and simply not a nice scenery along the way. All of those things matter too. If you come back home annoyed and slightly irritated, perhaps you should find a different way next time to feel good after a ride.<\/p>\n

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Reframe how you look at climbs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sometimes routes have the exact opposite problem. You really like the scenery, the views, or the destination, but there\u2019s an annoying climb in the middle. Climbing hurts<\/a> and it\u2019s natural to not like pain. But if you dread the climb even before you get on your bike, you suffer unnecessarily. Revel in the challenge, face it head-on. If you change your attitude like this, you\u2019ll feel better about yourself and you might even feel less pain during the climb itself. Research shows that pain associated with negative emotions is worse than pain with positive thoughts.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t feel motivated from inside, take a break<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s easy to feel motivated when you just signed up for a big exciting event. Such motivations might not last, though. Sometimes it\u2019s not a sign of laziness, it\u2019s your body telling you that you need to rest more. Listen to your body and take those signs seriously. Healthy, well-rested cyclists should feel excited and happy to ride on most days. If you don\u2019t feel like that for weeks, it\u2019s a red flag. Don\u2019t push past that or you might not only lose enjoyment of cycling, but get in trouble too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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