Century Training Cycling - Use Your Mind to Cycle 100 Miles

When training to cycle a century it can be all too easyfor charity preparing mentally can make a huge
to focus all of your efforts on your fitness training.difference by helping you battle through tough spells of
However most amateur riders neglect the hugethe race and re-motivate you mid ride.
impact the mental side of endurance cycling can haveA simple trick to improve your riding
on your performance.Visualisation is a way to remove the surprise of feeling
As with all other endurance events such a running aterrible three quarters through the race. Shut your
marathon, cycling a century will require a certaineyes and imagine you are 75 miles through your
amount of mental toughness. The more of this mentalcentury cycle ride and feeling awful. You have a lack
strength you have the easier your ride will seem toof energy and that horrible hollow feeling you
you.sometimes get if you have not eaten enough.
If you watch any professional bike races on theNow imagine what you need to tell yourself to keep
television you will often here commentators lauding agoing and stop thinking about the pain. Maybe it is the
riders ability to punish themselves. What these kind ofcharity you are riding for, maybe you will pretend you
statements mean is the rider in question appear to beare Lance Armstrong dancing up a French Alp,
mentally stronger then those around him.whatever it is imagine the surge of energy and
It is no coincidence that the vast majority ofmotivation it gives you.
professional athletes from cyclists, right through toWhat you need to do now is really run this through in
soccer players use psychiatrists to improve theiryour mind regularly when off the bike at home. Next
mental approach to their sports.time you feel fatigued mid ride try and recall those
While seeking professional help may be a bit over thethoughts of surging energy, renewed motivation and
top for the average amateur rider doing a century ridedetermination.