スランプか？

日本語

最近、自転車の楽しさはなんか低い。

スランプかも、うつ病かも、オーバートレーニングかもしれない。でもこれは初めて感じたときではない。前回は、偶然かもしれないけど、去年の今のところね。

冬のせいか？まあ、その可能性もありわね。温かいときのように自由に乗れないし。冬準備も面倒くさいし。寒さを感じること（前の太ったジンは全然感じてなかった〜）も最悪し。じゃあ、ズイフトは？やったわよ。脚に変な痛みが出て、またローラー嫌い気持ちが戻ってきたまでやりました。

さあ、どうすればいい？愛するものに、この気持ちが出てしまったら、どうすればいいの？幸運にも去年のスランプで答えを見つけたわよ。そしてその答えは超シンプルだよ。

休憩取ろう！

１、２日の意味でわなく。それは1週間に普段のトレーニングのストレスや疲れ発散ためにやるはずわ。1週間以上の意味です。1週間以上、乗らない。乗ったらトレーニングについて考えないでリラックスする。考えてしまうとリラックスしてないわね。そのトレーニング時間を他の好きなことで使う。ゲームして。本読んで。本書いて。他のスポーツ試してみて。絵描いて。乗らずに那須のカフェや温泉で楽しんで（笑）。短く言えば、愛してるものから心を休んで。だって、愛してることでも疲れが貯まれるわ。

いいよ、休んで。愛してることを裏切ってない。僕もそれを覚えるほうがいい。

とはいえ、僕の心の休みは学校の冬休みの終わりまで続きます。そこから、リフレッシュな心でE1の厳しい準備を再開します。

運動も休みも必要だわ、#昨日より強い になりたかったら。

English

Lately, I haven't enjoyed cycling as much.

Maybe it's a slump. Maybe it's depression. Maybe it's overtraining. Maybe it's all of the above? Whatever it is, this isn't the first time I've felt this way about cycling. Last time, coincidentally, was about the same time last year.

Should I blame the winter? Well, it might have a hand in things. I can't ride as freely as when it's warmer. Winter prep is a pain. And being cold (something that didn't bother me when I was fat) sucks. Okay, well, what about Zwift then? I was doing that. I did it so much that my legs started to hurt in strange ways and my hate for rollers came crawling back.

So what should I do? What should anyone do when they started to feel tired of something they love? Luckily, I found the answer last year when this happened. And it's quite simple, really.

Just take a break.

And I don't mean a day or two. You should be doing that once a week anyway to let your body rest and recover from regular training. I mean a week or more of not riding. if you do ride, don't think about training and relax. If you think about training, you're not resting. Use that rest time to do things you normally wouldn't do because you're training. Play games. Read books. Write books. Try other sports. Draw something. Enjoy cafes and hot springs in Nasu without riding to them, haha. In short, give your mind time to rest from the thing you love. Because even the things you love can wear you out.

So take a break. It's not betraying what you love to spend time away from it. I need to remember that.

That said, I'm going to continue on my break until the end of school's winter break. From there, I'll get back to prepping for E1 with a refreshed spirit.

Both exercise and rest are important for your body and mind to be #StrongerThanYesterday