It's not just you. Here's the inner monologue we've all had on some of our darker trainer days. (Learn the best strategies for improving as a cyclist—indoors and out—in the Bicycling Big Book of Training, published by Rodale!)
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I'm good to go. Shoes on, shorts on, bike is set up just right, Netflix queued up. I'm basically a trainer professional.
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Oh. Forgot my Garmin. And my water bottle. Better stop before I get too invested in this.
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*Limps back to bike.* Forgot the kitchen floor would be slippery in cycling shoes.
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Should I be measuring how much sweat is pooling on the floor? I think I might be dehydrated.
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Almost to 30 minutes. That means that I'm… 33.3 percent there.
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... I mean my tire at least has to be too tight on the roller.
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Crap. That's the end of Game of Thrones. What do I watch now?
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VICTORY IS MINE! *Climbs triumphantly off the bike, waving to make-believe fans.*
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