TRAIN YOUR MINDSET

Make the mid-ride meltdown a thing of the past with our proven cycling psych advice from the experts

The swearing starts, the shoulders stoop, the head begins to wobble and you start warbling The Smiths at top volume (maybe that last one is just me). The mid-ride meltdown can come quickly and sometimes with little warning, triggered perhaps by a change in the weather, a steep incline or a series of cyclists flying past with seemingly little effort. But is there a way to overcome or prevent mentally hitting the wall, the dreaded bonk or der Mann mit dem Hammer (the man with the hammer, in German) arriving? And can we actually flip these energy-sapping lows to our advantage? The first option is to think about why you’re doing the ride, says Kyle MacRae, the author of The Mental Cyclist. “If you find your morale flagging during a long…

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Cycling Plus (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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