Training Log 1/9/11
Couple days of riding the trainer, while watching movies, around 2 hours each time. I can now ride it without hands and without hands + one footed. I *am* going to attempt to get the unicycle on that thing, soon enough.
As moronically as cycling around on a 3 rolling pins sounds, it does give you some time to try and get a good fluid pedal stroke. Lucky for me, I'm not really interested in sprinting exercises - just being on the Thing for a little while, instead of... not - is good. Being able to link up multiple days on the bike together is my goal, I guess. If I can do 6 days of biking at a good distance - and have one of those days be a Long day (weather permitting), I'd be a pretty happy camper. If that means some of those days are on the training (b/c of weather or b/c I'm horrible at scheduling) than so be it.
TODAY, I got up extra early, and at 4:00 set off into the snow w/a fixed gear bike, w/no brakes and worn down cyclocross tires to, "brave" the weather. I made it all the way to Cherry Creek Reservoir (and around) and back, falling only a dozen or so times - almost exclusively, because I would get off of the path and then attempt to get back on it. My wheel would hit the edge of the path (which is covered in snow) and a miraculous slide of Death would ensue. I'm OK. Sobering to pass the shelters on Lawrence, tonight.
Feel good though. Dare I say: strong. OK, a little achey. LOVE me some snow biking. If I get up early enough tomorrow, I'm going out, again.
I know it sounds a little wacky to be riding in this sort of weather, but I look at the 2 facts that I have in front of me: I have to ride 2700 miles and do it in less than 30 days. And as an extra fact(...s) - 85% of it's off road, with 200,000 feet of vertical gain. Longer than the Tour de France, people do it in less time. Without a support crew. OK - it's all a little wacky.
As moronically as cycling around on a 3 rolling pins sounds, it does give you some time to try and get a good fluid pedal stroke. Lucky for me, I'm not really interested in sprinting exercises - just being on the Thing for a little while, instead of... not - is good. Being able to link up multiple days on the bike together is my goal, I guess. If I can do 6 days of biking at a good distance - and have one of those days be a Long day (weather permitting), I'd be a pretty happy camper. If that means some of those days are on the training (b/c of weather or b/c I'm horrible at scheduling) than so be it.
TODAY, I got up extra early, and at 4:00 set off into the snow w/a fixed gear bike, w/no brakes and worn down cyclocross tires to, "brave" the weather. I made it all the way to Cherry Creek Reservoir (and around) and back, falling only a dozen or so times - almost exclusively, because I would get off of the path and then attempt to get back on it. My wheel would hit the edge of the path (which is covered in snow) and a miraculous slide of Death would ensue. I'm OK. Sobering to pass the shelters on Lawrence, tonight.
Feel good though. Dare I say: strong. OK, a little achey. LOVE me some snow biking. If I get up early enough tomorrow, I'm going out, again.
I know it sounds a little wacky to be riding in this sort of weather, but I look at the 2 facts that I have in front of me: I have to ride 2700 miles and do it in less than 30 days. And as an extra fact(...s) - 85% of it's off road, with 200,000 feet of vertical gain. Longer than the Tour de France, people do it in less time. Without a support crew. OK - it's all a little wacky.