Today's Bike Ride

[ZootHornRollo]

I am getting fedup with cycling It seems to have taken over my life, and not for the good... It is affecting things badly

Getting tired of the pressure of the training load in order to be remotely good at racing, but not racing doesn't work either, as Sundays strenuous mountain bike marathon proved to me. I don't like riding around hills with 900 other people for no reason other than to ride around... I rather make up my own route and go out on my own or race or train in stead...

Hanneke, this is a frame of mind that is familiar to me (though not at this moment). I think cycling can be a very 'up-and-down' sport emotionally.
At the amateur racing level I think it is more demanding than running and certainly more dangerous. And more time-consuming.
A couple of 'offs' or a bit of overtraining or a really bad ride where the legs just aren't there, or a combination of all three, can really dent one's motivation - more so than running I think, cos it's harder to find an excuse not to go out for a run.