Existential crisis

[dmaze]

I might not do the Climb to the Clouds this year. I just don't feel like doing the training I'd need to do for it. I feel a little guilty for blowing it off, but I did kind of say at the end of last year that I wanted to do something else with my weekends than just bike.

Comments

[dcltdw]

I think it's important to do what you want, rather than wasting your time on stuff you don't.

[nuclearpolymer.livejournal.com]

I guess this is also my year of not biking much at all, but I figured I could always do it more some other year...

[gigglefest.livejournal.com]

Are there *particular* things you want to do with your weekends instead?

Would you be happy overall if you did one of the shorter routes, or have you set it up mentally so the only acceptable outcome is to do the full century?

I haven't done much biking this summer yet. The main observation so far is that the Newburyport/Rockport line makes me happy because there are ramps, and the Fitchburg line makes me feel like a wimp because I'm not actually good at carrying my bike up and down train stairs.

[dmaze]

Specific plans? Not really. Well, yes, it'd be nice to get people together to play more board games. But at the same time it's not like I feel I'm blowing anything off to go out biking. Except maybe yard work.

Is a shorter CTTC interesting? One thing narya suggested is working specifically on leg strength and hills, and assume I have the endurance to finish the ride. Then I can still go out for the ride, but when I get to Sterling I can decide to do the (easiest) 80-mile route or go on; and after climbing up to East Princeton I can again decide to "punt" to the 90 or try for the full century. But there was definitely the mental thought of "it'd be really great if I could do *two* centuries this year".