This winter’s virtual cycling has been different. There was demand right away from the club members to have organized rides, and that extended to having them six days per week. I lead out Wednesday night and Saturday morning, and others lead out Sunday morning, Monday night, Tuesday night and Thursday night (ladies only).
What’s so different? It’s motivating. I am putting in a lot more time and effort. Normally, January’s a bit of a write-off (by my standards) because I’ve made it through Christmas, maybe met my goals for the previous year, it’s cold, it’s dark, yada yada. But with the club rides, I’ve got a regular schedule and can’t help but go for it when riding in a group. The results are surprising.
Take this morning: just over two hours and 68 km later, I tallied up over 1,000 km in January for the first time ever. And I don’t really feel like I was “making a point” of it: it happened. It’s helped control the winter pounds from migrating to my butt.
Congratulations! The virtual ride looks neat..