Monday, December 14, 2009

As the bike goes, so goes the...


Okay, 30 SOLID minutes on the rollers, done! It's difficult to dig deep during these winter months, when training indoors on either the rollers (sort of a treadmill for the bike, really) or "trainer" which holds the rear wheel in place. Time spent on either of these two devices seems to pass mmmuch, m m m u c h, s l o w w w e r r r...
Most racing cyclists (or, most endurance athletes for that matter) have special relationships with their training life. I've often tried to approach the seemingly endless hours required to even be minimally competitive as a racer, with the attitude that as long as I get the training accomplished, everything else in life will fall into place. That's especially encouraging when life gets really hectic. Half the battle is just getting on the bike and pushing off on the pedals. Riding a bike indoors is its own special challenge though. It's more of a mental game. Ugh!.. head-games.. of course! Pedaling and pedaling.. going nowhere fast. All that wattage which could otherwise produce electrical current seems like such a waste.

1 comment:

  1. I think you and Pete both need to power your TV's with pedal power.

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