I went on my first bike ride of 2012 today, a decently paced 15 miler on a route with rolling hills. Not a bad start to the 2012 season! As I was riding, a guy pulled out on his bike maybe 300 yards in front of me. When I'm riding, I like to think of the people in front of me as my 'carrots'. You know, that thing that keeps you motivated to keep turning the pedals, and working through the quad burn? I absolutely love the feeling when I catch up to someone while they're on their $5,000 bike, wearing their full racing kit, trying to act all hard. LOVE. IT.
My question is... what's your carrot? Especially you runners! Maybe it's because, when I run, I'm not physically able to catch anyone faster than an eighty year old chain smoker, but I have a really, REALLY hard time finding that motivation to keep my pace up.
PS I'm doing Insanty tonight as well, and I think its one of the plyometrics ones. Wish me luck!
