Winter Training (Redux!)

disgruntledgoat
disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
edited October 2009 in Training, fitness and health
So I get up like a kid at Christmas. Haven't been outside on my bike in 3 weeks after my racing season finished, only done 3 hours of boring level 2 stuff on the turbo.

The plan was to go out in my lovely winter gear, do 3 hours base riding and put in a Max HR test on the hill out of Keswick.... But i look out of the window whilst slurping my tea and the trees outside are bent double. The wheelie bin has blown over and the forecast is for 60mph winds all day.

SO first day of winter training and the first day lost to the weather already! Turbo here I come, an hour and a half (no way I can do 3 on it!) of steadily mounting boredom laced with rage at not being able to get out! GRRRRRRR :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

@gietvangent

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  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Bit early to be starting Winter training isn't it ?
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    I too had it all planned out for today.Got a nice 70mile loop into the Yorkshire Wolds in mind. Mrs R is out from 11, not back till after 6. Happy days.

    I kid you not it's like Hurricane Maureen has hit Rawcliffe! There's a huge oak tree just outside & bits of it keep getting blown into my house.

    Turbo it is then....
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Tom, I always start first week of october with base stuff, just because you can bank on losing about 2 weeks in gales adn then ice up here between november and when I start racing again in March.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • guv001
    guv001 Posts: 688
    Just been out for a couple of hours in the wind, not that bad really at least it's not wet.
  • sloxam
    sloxam Posts: 861
    guv001 wrote:
    Just been out for a couple of hours in the wind, not that bad really at least it's not wet.
    +1
    i hate hills (cos i'm fat)

    www.justgiving.com/steven-loxam/
  • KevinMcC
    KevinMcC Posts: 95
    could be worse, could be here where it is wet and I am too poor to afford a turbo :D
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    The weather here was terrible so I just went and watched my beloved Hucknall town and have a few (alright, a shedfull of) Guinness. :D

    And we won, happy days.
    Tail end Charlie

    The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.

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