We’ve all been there, the alarm goes off at 5am, you’ve had a crap nights sleep and the last thing you want to do at that time is get up. 

I had it myself this morning, I was awake from 1-3am for no other reason than my mind was racing. Then the alarm went off at 5am (my standard cycling time). 

I wanted to stay in bed and get another hours sleep, but it’s those days when resistance is the greatest I force myself to get out of bed and ride. 

For I believe if you can exercise on the days it’s super hard, you can exercise every other day. What can also help is having larger goals you’re working towards, which can iron out the bumps along the way. 

as 2022 starts to finish up, setting bigger goals to work towards is a great way to stay focused and motivated on the hard days when cycling is tough.