Originally Posted by BobL

At the end of August, I started riding again. It had been 7 or 8 years since the last time I'd been on a bike. The thoughts had been building for a while and I said, "It's August! The bike will melt out from under me. When it cools down I'm going to start". I started riding my Magneto trainer the last week of August, and as you say, it's boring and I hate indoor riding. In October, when it finally started being under 90, I started riding outdoors. In the last couple of years, I'd lost 60 pounds, but doing no exercise aside from being up doing light activity several hours a day. I did nothing in particular for motivation except suddenly the urge to ride hit me.

Trying to motivate yourself to do something you don't want to do brings up a big "why??". Is there anything you'd like to do? If you'd rather walk or do just about anything else, you're more likely to stick with it.

I had planned to get out for a ride this morning, but spent a couple of hours yesterday sitting in an odd position working on stuff and woke up with my left hip hurting badly. I thought discretion argued to rest it. I still expect I need more recovery time at 64 than I did 10 or 20 years ago.