A good month on the trainer.

For the first time in about 19 years I have ridden a trainer for a significant amount of time. Or at least what I think of as a significant amount. A little over 200 miles and 15 hours of trainer time.
The motivation is simple. 10 days of ridding in the Pyrenees Mountains.
That makes hoping on the trainer a little easier when there is light at the end of the tunnel! And you know that the tunnel is an 8% grade. So far its all going well I just keep telling myself that the more I ride now the less it will hurt in June. Still have a hard time staying on for more then an hour, but will try to up it a little. Don't think I could do 3 hours like Capn Cowbell did. But with a little determination I think I might be able to get in an hour and a half. All I can do is try.

Back on the trainer.

After only ridding once in the last week and a half. Tonight I got back on the trainer. We all have been a little bit sick. Nothing major just hacking cough and tired. Thought I had better get over it and not make it worse. Took it easy tonight, watch the OT of the Saints and Vikings and just spun for about 40 mins. Feels good to be back on the bike, now just to get into a routine.
Hope everyone else is getting in some "Outside" miles. Looks like the weather will be chilly here for another week and then warm up for a few days. It will be nice to get out on the road if possible.

Trainer time?

Spent an hour on the trainer tonight. For me its more of a mental issue then a fitness (or lack of fitness) issue. I have never been one to set on a trainer for hours at a time. I remember when I first moved to Omaha and was staying with a friend. He and a few of his ridding partners would spend 3 or 4 hours a night on the trainer and rollers. So I guess that's why they were Cat. 2 on the road and semi-pro mountain bikers.

When I was in North Platte the winter was pretty mild and we would go MTB ridding almost every night, and a 2 hour road ride on the weekend.

Living up in the upper mid-west, plus having a family put a halt to night ridding and road rides on the weekend. So I guess I have come to the conclusion that if I want to ride better I'm going to need to put in the trainer time. I have all the bells and whistles for the task. Fluid trainer and power tap, just have a hard time with the motivation. Like last year I set up a motivational work out. My tour de trainer is a pretty simple idea. Divide the complete 2010 Tour de France in to a workout. A simple excel spread sheet, with lots of color and formulas. And hopefully with the up coming trip to France in June. That will also give me the motivation to stick to it. I guess time will tell how I do.
So to all of you that do have the mental toughness to set on a trainer for long stretches of time.
I salute you!

Please wish me luck.

Till next time, Peace and grease!

New things on the horizon

No, its not a job change! Just an added adventure!

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The best ride of the year.

A great day for a bike ride, I plotted a course on the garmin, and for the first time ever I followed it. The big purple line tells me where to go.

Smooth pavement along the Rock River. Replaced last year after all the flooding.

I guess its tobacco harvesting time in Wisconsin. Its just a odd thing to see up here.

More tobacco, North of Janesville there is a lot of it.

What will this road lead to?

Good thing I'm on a bike!

Nice view, but I know why the bridge is closed.

A look back at the bridge.

This is whats on the other side.

Not a good sign. Just glad that it wasn't for the road that I was on.

More smooth roads with rolling hills.

I like this sigh, I just wish I was going the other way. 13% ahead with 41 miles in my legs. Yup you guessed it HURT BOX!

And the hurt just kept coming. This was the first of five or six short steep hills. I need to plan better!
Speaking of planing better next time I plan a 60 mile ride I'm going to plan for a water stop or two. Running out, Not a good Idea! But this was still the best ride that I have had in a long time. LOVE the Wisconsin Roads!

New Wheels, and New Roads

New wheels for the Ottrott. Icing on the cake!

Today was a great in Wisconsin, 80 Degrees and no wind 42 miles went by very quickly.


Lots of rollers today. Looking to get some more in this weekend with Tyson and Doug.

A real Dualthreat!