Opening scene, 1am in our protagonists bedroom:
Me: You awake?
Leyla: Yes.
Me: I'm sick of winter I want to go for a ride!
Leyla: What, now!?
Me: Sure, why not.
Leyla: You can ride your trainer tomorrow morning.
Me: Blah!
Fade out with me passing out slipping into dreams of single track and new components.
Ok, I'll stop that now. I can't do a whole post like that (as cool as it would be), not that creative. As luck would have it I got a text from Zach this morning asking me to go ride!! The sun was out and the wind chill a mere 26 deg. We met up by the Fullerton Beach, the only area free of ice patches and bathed in sunlight. We ended up doing about 6 intervals into the wind, around a mile each. The dense winter air was brutal on my lungs but it felt sooooo nice to be outside again. After the intervals I rode back up north with Zach just to get some more miles in. Despite not being able to feel my feet it was a great ride. You really forget how much human interaction helps in training. It was great just to be able and talk about the upcoming season and cycling in general. I turned around somewhere north of Montrose and started my ride back with the wind. I don't think I have every been more content on a bike. My spin was super smooth, the bike was quiet and responsive, nobody on the path and a gorgeous icy/snowy cover on everything. I cranked back doing about 23-24mph only slowing down for a couple ice patches, I felt like a million bucks. I love this sport.
Close scene with our hero sitting at his computer still in kit listening to Hank III and fading off into a day dream of groomed trails and post race victory beers.
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5 comments:
nice. see, it ain't that bad out... ;)
Man, I had a great time this morning. After spending so much time on the trainer already, it's nice to get out and ride on an actual surface.
Together, we'll get through winter, and once spring comes, we're going to brutalize all comers. I'm also really excited about getting a MTB together - big props to you for hookin' it up.
you are definatly tougher than me
tougher than me too.
Man, I'm having a hard time taking the trash out without killing myself on all the ice on the ground! I couldn't imagine riding on it!
Got another few inches today. Thermo reads 20 but I swear it's -8. Going to the mountains this weekend!
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