Any cyclist from a colder climate knows the misery of the bike trainer. For those of you who don't know, take all the things that are fun about about cycling, such as speed, sunshine, wind through your hair and flowy roads or singletrack. Now take all of those away and keep all the bad ones. The seclusion, the heat, the monotony and the agony. Add in a double dose of agony and you've got your typical bike trainer workout.
I'd love to ride outside, but when the mecury drops and you can't see the road you're left with the choice of couch or trainer.
This winter has been really warm though and so I've managed 300km on the road through January and February. There was 20km on the mountain bike in there somewhere but that was a mistake, I'm still cleaning the mud off..
And so this is where I've spent my time on the trainer. I ride my '93 Kona Explosif with trainer tire on a Blackburn fluid. Best part about this is the videos I can watch while spinning. One DVD is the Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands. Essentially I have a camera view of the lead car in front of the peloton. Couple that with some really loud music and it almost becomes bearable
I've got another one where I follow behind team Lampre as they go on a training ride somewhere in Italy. I typically eschew following along with the course profile and instead just do intervals.
Last ride was 3 sets of 3 reps, 4 minutes on 4 minutes off. I'm able to get right into the intervals this time of year since I had winter training camp and other practices with the UofT nordic team to act as my base.
Temps are supposed to be up the next week, perfect opportunity to get back outside.
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