I, like many people, use events to aid my training motivation and discipline. In 2020 my goal was for one event every 4-6 weeks, but that didn’t happen. I had signed up for a sportive in the end of March, but am now told that’s likely canceled. Of course I always like time on the bike, and enjoy t…

I’m missing the CX season, but training in hope of some TTs in the spring - am not a regular Tester, so that’s a new challenge for me. If the events don’t come off, I’ll just ride some local courses by myself to see what times I can turn in. Next summer I’d also like to have a go at a sub 5-hour 100…

I’m also generally pretty motivated by the training process anyway - and apart from hard power metrics I like the feeling of just being able to cruise further and faster when I’m out riding.

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Thanks, yeah I like the feeling of progressing etc. For me it’s more about ensuring consistency!

Thanks @jb0980 , I’ll have a read through.

I have a handful of 20 minute-ish strava climbs nearby that I like to do several times a year as performance benchmarks. Also a few big local routes, mostly just training to survive them motivates! 5 hour century is on my list for the yea as well. For events that are canceled Ive tried to create …

Thanks @TwoWheels , that’s interesting. I did think about doing the sportive route, but it would involve driving to the start, and that’s not really allowed/ reccomended. Perhaps I’ll look at some local routes I could do on the day instead, and make a day of it.

My main motivation in 2019 was my club’s Saturday group ride and our Wednesday night race simulation training ride. Plus, I was doing a fondo or two per year and was looking forward to doing some out of town gravel events. In 2020 I’ve shifted to maintaining fitness and using cycling as stress reli…

Last summer I signed up for a virtual century ride. I received a map and just rode the route on my own. It was a charity event.

I’m making sure I have personal goals for every training block logged into TrainingPeaks, as I’m in the same boat as you. For example for January training block, my goals were: Dry January - no alcohol hit 220 - 230 watts average on targeted climbs for 3 rides - rides were on the weekend. 1st rid…

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