Keep going! :)

monkey 456

so i was out early today with orwell wheelers doing a 45km spin out to eniskerry. On this particular hill i felt like i could not continue. I wanted to stop and pull over... But i couldnt. I was wondering has anyone experienced this before and what do you do to resolve it? I kept going but it was the worst feeling.
Is this common or is it just me?...

DePurpereWolf

why couldn't you?

monkey 456

DePurpereWolf wrote: »

why couldn't you?

I dont know. Perhaps tiredness

Dermot Illogical

There ya go. Don't be tired next time. Simples.

DePurpereWolf

DePurpereWolf wrote: »

why couldn't you?

Why couldn't you stop and pull over!

thebouldwhacker

monkey 456 wrote: »

I was wondering has anyone experienced this before?...

Every cycle, tbh if your on a training spin and your not stretched at some point your not cycling hard enough!!!

Its only January, its going to be tough, in a few weeks you'll fly up that hill with a secret smile.
Big congrats for pushing through and not stopping by the way!

kumate_champ07

monkey 456 wrote: »

so i was out early today with orwell wheelers doing a 45km spin out to eniskerry. On this particular hill i felt like i could not continue. I wanted to stop and pull over... But i couldnt. I was wondering has anyone experienced this before and what do you do to resolve it? I kept going but it was the worst feeling.
Is this common or is it just me?...

learn to love it, thats the feeling of weakness leaving the body!

smacl

monkey 456 wrote: »

Is this common or is it just me?...

Out yesterday myself, and was struggling on hills that I'd have found easy last autumn. Looking around, they're were plenty of cyclists out, but none of them were tearing up the hills with a smile on their face. I reckon each km in the hills in January is worth 2-3km on the same hill in the summer. In terms of not being able to stop on the hill, I keep a couple of gears held back for such emergencies, so I can drop down a spin to catch my breath.

triggermortis

smacl wrote: »

I keep a couple of gears held back for such emergencies, so I can drop down a spin to catch my breath.

I don't have enough gears to be able to do that

smacl

triggermortis wrote: »

I don't have enough gears to be able to do that

Granny, god bless her!

cranks

monkey 456 wrote: »

I kept going but it was the worst feeling.
Is this common or is it just me?...

It's the cyclist in you coming out!
Bet you felt great afterwards as you downed that mug of hot, sweet tea;)

monkey 456

ye and i huge scone

Pablo Rubio

monkey 456 wrote: »

I kept going but it was the worst feeling.

No... the worst feeling would be if you got home and realised you gave up too easily:D.


...I bet you felt you deserved that scone!!!