The Long, Straight, Boring Route… and the Surprisingly Deep Art of Not Losing Your Mind (or Your Bottom) 🚴‍♂️🧠💥

Let’s talk about the hero’s journey:

A long, straight, never-ending road, a sore bottom, and way too much time alone with your thoughts. 🙃

If you’ve ever walked, cycled, or driven for hours on an uninspiring stretch of road, you know the drill:

• Your body starts complaining.

• Your brain throws a tantrum.

• Your sense of time? Gone.

• And you start wondering: “Am I meditating, hallucinating, or just bored out of my mind?”

As my brain seeks for complexity, for me, long-distance travel (especially by bike or foot) becomes an odd cocktail of physical pain, emotional waves, and the occasional existential crisis.

When meditation works, it’s beautiful. When it doesn’t?

Cue creativity! I let my imagination run wild: building fictional worlds, solving life’s great mysteries, or writing mental love letters to snacks I’ll eat later.

I’ve always been curious about doing a Vipassana retreat: sitting in silence, letting pain and thoughts pass. Apparently it’s a life changing experiment!

But honestly? Long-distance movement feels pretty close.

The difference is: you can’t completely disconnect. You still need to:

• Watch the road (because crashing = bad)

• Listen to your body (because bonking = worse)

• Eat, rest, hydrate, repeat

• And somehow… find your rhythm

  One step or pedal stroke at a time.

Eventually, the noise settles. You find a groove. Maybe even some peace.

Or at least, a slightly less painful way to sit on the saddle. 😅 Today I think my bottom looks like a saddle shape!

👉 So here’s my question to you:

When you’re stuck on a long, silent stretch ( no music, no podcasts, no one to talk to ) how do you stay sane?

Meditation? Daydreaming? Singing to cows? (No judgment I personally do….)

Drop your weirdest, wildest, or wisest coping strategies below 👇

Let’s make the boring roads a little more interesting.

This exercise is one of the best way to understand your body and letting pass unwanted thoughts … are you ready for a outdoor coaching session with me afterwards ?

Let’s chat!

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