Spinning Away the Blues: Why Cycling Feels Like the Answer to Everything
Last Updated: November 24, 2025 Quick Take: When life feels heavy, I don’t take a pill or pour another cup of coffee. I get on my bike. After 150,000+ lifetime miles, I still believe cycling is the closest thing to therapy you can do while sweating. At 70 years old, it continues to reset my brain, improve my mood, and reconnect me to the world around me. Spinning Away the Blues There are riders who love cycling… and then there are people like me. People who have it wired into their DNA. I don’t ride because I “should.” I ride because I’m not quite myself when I don’t. After decades of long-distance rides, hard miles, and more emotional ups and downs than I can count, I’ve learned one truth: when something feels off, the bike almost always fixes it. When Your Body Feels Sluggish Some mornings I wake up feeling like a rusted-out pickup. But once those pedals start turning, everything wakes up — lungs open, legs warm, brain fires back up. A few miles in, and I feel ...
