I am new to the forum and to cycling. I was cycling today and was repeating the phrase "I am a lean, mean, running machine" in my head over and over again. I found it very helpful.
What phrases do you use while cycling? I am looking for a few suggestions that I can use during my run.
It is common for a song to get stuck in my head while cycling, but I never tell myself that I'm a "running machine" when I'm trying to do something different. That just confuses me.
I think maybe that the proper term is mantra rather than incantation, although sometimes I think that it would take some wizardry to find more time for me to ride. I am more like Frenchyge, I tend to get a song stuck in my mind when I ride solo. If I am with a group, we tend to talk to each other instead of chanting to ourselves.
I keep yelling Mothersmurfer (if I have the breath to yell it), till I get to the top of the climb. And then shout back at the climb, Who's your daddy now 🙂.
To prevent me from getting dropped on climbs "how to fight loneliness" To grovel home "Peel my skin back just for fun, it makes the miles go one by one"