I cry on the trainer cause I’m lonely and cycling is my only love right now
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I’ve cried several times. All for various movies.
The Lion King. Mufasa gets me every time 
On a more serious note, I’ve found that’s one of the best things about TR. when you see a session and it’s a challenge just to get through it. It’s definitely motivating
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I lost it when I crossed the finish line at Ironman Chattanooga last year, after coming back from a 10 year bout of chronic fatigue. Definitely my most memorable finish. We train hard, it’s understandable to get emotional about our successes
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I fully expect to cry if I finish DIrt Kanza 200, especially beating the sun
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Happens all the time to me !
Towards the end of harder / longer workouts, I feel like I’m much more emotional than usually, and if I’m watching movie or the right song starts, I often feel like crying lol. Not sure if it’s happiness or excitement, but I actually like it 
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You are in good company! After being hit by a car, I was off the bike for the last half of 2018. For Christmas, I got an indoor trainer and a TR subscription. I began slowly getting back into training in January.
Yesterday, I started a new training block, so I did a ramp test. The results caught me off-guard. For the first time in 8 months, I had confirmed that I am making progress again. It felt so good. I am so grateful!
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I didn’t cry, but I finished a 60’ ride at FTP and felt friggin invincible and super happy, grateful, and emotionally high. I think it has to do with realizing your potential and just letting go of all the crap that holds us back. Good on ya! Now… Keep going.
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I’m hoping there’s a winkie missing from that post, but if not - you’re in company now, friends in suffering!
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Hopefully this link works, but you are in good company for crying on the trainer. When things get hard emotions start to go all over the place. I have gone from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows during trainer rides.
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Did’nt cry but found myself laughing while hanging over my trainer upon completing a FTP test… anyone else ??
Lol there should be maybe a half wink but there is some harsh truth to it that probably goes beyond the scope of this site
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That’a pretty amazing and inspiring. I’ve been too easy on myself, I need to dig deeper and find that level of suffering/commitment/torture.
I’ve never cried on the trainer or during outdoor training or racing even though I WANT TO I’ve seen countless people cry crossing the finish line of an Ironman so when I completed my first (and only) in 2008 I wondered if I would finally get that get cathartic cry I’ve seen countless others enjoy. But no. Just a solid feeling of accomplishment (then nausea as I headed to the medical tent with dehydration/hypothermia).
Now I am on the comeback from brain surgery. If I don’t cry after crossing the finish line this summer…I’m not sure I ever will. Maybe I should “fake cry”, haha.
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Lionel Sanders is an interesting cat. I’ve been following him on Youtube. Seems to be his own best and worst enemy sometimes, but I have lots of respect for how hard he tries.
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On Junction -1 today about mid-way through the second set of micro-bursts I thought about this thread.
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part of the joy of cycling and training; finding YOUR BEST SELF, and celebrating it however you feel is right. Ride on!
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I can relate to some of the feelings described here. It’s common after really long endurance races that you see people crying near the end or at the finish line. I have a friend who is into adventure races and would be the LAST person you would expect to cry at the end of a race, but he cried like a baby near the end. Afterwards he said “I’m not sure what got into me…”
I think all of this has to do with hormones / testosterone being affected by endurance sports. Nobody wants to hear that, but I think it’s likely the case if you’re doing a huge amount of endurance. I think in general we want to believe it’s only about the emotional achievement but I think there’s a strong physiological response
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My man-crush FTP for Lionel is now up around 800.
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True dat!!
No problem turning myself inside out on the road…on the trainer it’s huge block…I just can’t seem to do it.
Guess a new “mantra” goes up on the wall: WWLD (What Would Lionel Do?).
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