19/09/2024
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Today Iโd like to share an example of my own mindset challenge. ๐
I want to become a road cyclist. Again.
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Thatโs one of my biggest dreams at the moment.
I find it very difficult to accept that what felt like a warm-up some 10 years ago is a major challenge today. See pic. โฌ๏ธ
My story behind the scene:
After I recovered from a major operation early last year, I slowly started sitting on my bike again.
First, I only just managed to ride my son to school and pick him up later on. That was nearly 10 km a day. It felt more than enough and sometimes I was completely exhausted. My tummy hurt and I had no strength due to a big weight loss.
Then I was put on chemotherapy for 6 months but it did not stop me from riding short distances (I was lucky I didnโt get hit by the most horrible side effects).
The chemo caused a mild and hopefully temporary damage to my heart so when I went back to my longer rides, I constantly had to keep an eye on my heart rate not to go too high as it could have caused a severe heart palpitation and a few hours in A&E. ๐ณ
I managed some longer rides as the months passed by, and by the time I finished chemo, I felt physically much better.
Then came the depression. Minor panick attacks and constant anxiety. That was just enough for me to stop cycling. ๐
After a 6-month-long recovery, Iโm back in the saddle again. ๐คฉ
I take it easy this time. Apart from the everyday commute to and from and between after school activities, I decided to go for ONE longer ride each week.
To me it is a weekly task, not a daily one which makes it realistic and doable for me. There is no strict rule such as which day I have to go but I must enjoy it! ๐คฉ
So I make sure I go on a day when I am under less pressure and have time to do a proper warm-up before and a cool-down after my ride.
Yesterday was my second ride in my challenge and I really enjoyed it. I knew I was doing it for myself and was constantly looking at the bigger picture imagining myself riding in Surrey Hills again. ๐ฉต
I loved every minute of it๐ and I am looking forward to the next one!
Referring back to my previous posts, this is how I put my plan together:
๐ฟ What area(s) of your life would you like to see an improvement in and/or achieve more?
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป.
๐ฟ Write down exactly what you want to achieve.
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฌ/๐ณ๐ฌ/๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป.
๐ฟ What is the one thing you could do about it today?
I can jump back in the saddle and go for a ride.๐
How am I going to do this?
๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐: a 10 km ride in Richmond Park once a week for the 6 weeks, gradually increasing the distance to 20 km by week 6.
Every 6 weeks I will re-write my training plan until I can do a 50km training.
How will I know I have reached my goal?
๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐
๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
Thatโs when my dream comes true: I am a cyclist again. ๐คฉ
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I appreciate we are all different.
I would love to hear about your mindset challenge!
Donโt be shy, share your journey with us. โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ