Are we there yet?

I remember saying this phrase during  car rides as a kid.  I remember my kids asking me the same question  decades later.  As a bike rider, I have expressed the same sentiment.  There are just some times where we want the ride to be done now. 

I have devised a training practice that helps me mentally prepare for those rides that seem to be on a hamster wheel.  This winter during your inside sessions you may want to try my cycling perseverance developer.

I enjoy watching movies, shows or YouTube while I am on the trainer. With all of these I can quickly check to see how much time is left and stop when it is done. On other rides I will set the timer for a specific ending point.

During some rides outside you do not know when the destination will come into view and you just need to keep moving those pedals to reach the end.

Watching the NFL playoffs sure makes the time pass quickly, but I have been on the trainer for an hour and now I want to quit now! Then during the fourth quarter I decided to continue until the final whistle. I said to myself , "This will be like the end of a long ride where I am not familiar with the stopping point."

Keep pedaling. Keep pedaling and you will arrive.