Two Wheel Blogs

It is a sad state of affairs indeed for my cycling during this holiday season. Sure, I have pulled out the rollers on more than one occasion, but the passion has moved to other places.

Perhaps when the snow and ice is off the roads, my enthusiasm will again return for riding. I refuse to simply lay off and get fat, so I am doing other things to supplement my training.

Lately it has been the battle within trying to fit workouts into my schedule. Between holidays, work schedules, short days, and ever increasing kid's sport/activities, fitting workouts in has become difficult.

I realize that as difficult as it may be, it is absolutely imperative for my well being that I get a few quality workouts done each week. Last night I succeeded in fitting one in.

Today is the first day this week that I did not wake up to the sound of rain pounding the roof.

My legs are revolting against the rest of me this week. I decided to not fight it and do something different. I pulled out the rollers with the big drums and took some time spinning easy.

A few notes to self, I am going to try drinking a bit more water and up my calories a bit. For some reason my legs are still feeling dead and bloated.

Riding a stationary trainer in July pretty well sucks, but somehow I am managing to enjoy it. My schedule is crazy with kid activities, relatives visiting, and trying to plan for the TT on Saturday.

I got up a little early this morning so I could get in a ride on the trainer. Maybe it was the cooler temperature or just that I was fresh, but tapping out 40 minutes wasn't so bad.

Now bear in mind I did that 40 minutes at a snail's pace, even for me, a guy with a CTL in the low single digits.