The winter is setting in. The Friday morning rides are essentially done in by darkness and cold. Not a lot of people are test riding bikes.
Which means it's time to get next year started.
Every spring, you can instantly tell who's put in a strong winter of training and who hasn't. You roll out with your friends, you get to the first bit of challenging terrain, and right away you know the answer: "Hey, I'm going to have a good year!" or "Uh-oh, this could be a rough start."
My theory is that everybody rides a lot during the summer--it's easy. The winter is your opportunity to make progress against your rivals, your 40K time, you average speed. Don't give up the progress you made this summer. Come out of the winter STRONGER than you are now.
Get yourself a trainer, like the Cycleops JetFluid I got last month.
Get some way to measure your performance, like the Trek Incite 11i, or the Cycleops Powertap.
Get motivated--by a video like Robbie Ventura's Race Day, by watching Lance's return to the Tour De France (in stock now), or by some particularly humiliating moment from the past year. Man, do I look plump. Getting caught by Tracy Tolson is not as shameful as getting caught by some less-accomplished rider, but still.
Now get on the trainer!
It's just winter! It's not that long! It's the perfect opportunity to do low-distraction, extremely focused training! You can do it!
Which means it's time to get next year started.
Every spring, you can instantly tell who's put in a strong winter of training and who hasn't. You roll out with your friends, you get to the first bit of challenging terrain, and right away you know the answer: "Hey, I'm going to have a good year!" or "Uh-oh, this could be a rough start."
My theory is that everybody rides a lot during the summer--it's easy. The winter is your opportunity to make progress against your rivals, your 40K time, you average speed. Don't give up the progress you made this summer. Come out of the winter STRONGER than you are now.
Get yourself a trainer, like the Cycleops JetFluid I got last month.
Get some way to measure your performance, like the Trek Incite 11i, or the Cycleops Powertap.
Get motivated--by a video like Robbie Ventura's Race Day, by watching Lance's return to the Tour De France (in stock now), or by some particularly humiliating moment from the past year. Man, do I look plump. Getting caught by Tracy Tolson is not as shameful as getting caught by some less-accomplished rider, but still.Now get on the trainer!
It's just winter! It's not that long! It's the perfect opportunity to do low-distraction, extremely focused training! You can do it!
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