What goes on in your head on a long ride?

[Sheffield]

Left. Right. Left. Right.

Breathe in. Breathe out.

Oh look, a bird!

[mecheng89]

Very interesting topic!

 

Club ride - the first few kms we're all too busy chatting, catching up with one another. But when the going gets harder and people settle down, I mostly think about the coffee waiting at the end, trying to keep a 80+ cadence, counting as I'm pushing the crank around and around.

 

Race - very peculiar music lyrics pop up, sometimes (my super crush Katy Perry), and once again counting my pedal strokes, and then trying to remember the route, when which hill is coming, and just wondering who around looks like they belong in the batch!

 

IDT - when is this nightmare going to end?! And then the rewarding smoothie or coffee at the end.