Sunday, January 8th, 2006
Gilby just loves to hear about other riders training progress and all their great rides so I here is an update on my progress for 2006.
Miserable indoor workouts for short duration at sporadic intervals.
I read today about various riders around town taking to the streets. I think the high temps were in the mid 30°F’s today. I flat out refuse to ride outside unless the temps are above 40°F. In the first place, it is too damn cold for me to put up with at my age. In the second place, ever since my old team mate Matt slipped his front tire on an ice patch, landed knee first, got a spiral fracture of the femur and spend the entire season off the bike and hobbling around on crutches I fail to see the value in taking the risk. I suppose if I was super fast Cat 2 race guy it might be worth it. But I am not, so it’s not.
Riding the rollers and the trainer in my basement suits me just fine until March or so.
So endth the update.
