How to Get Your Mojo Back
Cycling, in its various forms, is a sport that I’ve always been passionate about.
Last year I completed the London to Paris charity bike ride, with my husband and sister, and in preparation for this I committed a huge amount of time and energy to training and fundraising. The training was challenging but always enjoyable and I rarely lost the motivation to ride several times a week and every weekend.
However, during this winter and spring my love of road cycling slowly disappeared. I was riding my bike to work and one week had 4 punctures. I was also struggling to maintain enough pace and fitness to cycle out with my club on a Sunday morning and I had no inclination to do something about it. I began reflecting on why I had lost my love for the sport and decided a change of focus would help.
When I started cycling again, as an adult, I started with mountain biking in my local forest and completely fell in love with it. I loved the freedom to explore, the technical challenge and it reconnected me with what I loved doing as a child which was basically messing around on my bike. Over the past month I’ve started mountain biking again and I’ve regained my mojo. I’ve laughed and screamed in Wales and the Lake District and the roller-coaster; out of control; adrenaline-fuelled experience of riding single track has reconnected me with what I love about cycling. This has had done more for my performance improvement – both on and off the bike – than anything else.
Sometimes we need to return to the roots of something we love to reconnect with it. If you’ve lost your mojo for something go back to the roots of your passion – it’s well worth the trip.
Tags: cycling, mojo, passion, sport psychology
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