Here we are, with Christmas right around the corner. The weather has finally changed from the mild temperatures of Fall to the bone chilling winds of Winter.
Ugh.
Winter.
My least favorite season of the year. There's no color in the landscape, the sun rarely comes out, and it's windy every day. That means it's trainer time. I've needed a new trainer for a while now, and finally, the finances lined up so that I could splurge for something nice. At the shop, we carry Kurt and Cyclops trainers, so I picked up the Kurt Kinetic Road Machine (fluid) trainer. What a difference from my old, $88 magnetic trainer. I knew it would be quieter (which is nice for watching movies), but I had no idea how much nicer a trainer with a big flywheel would be. For fear of getting too nerdy about it, I'll just say that it definitely feels more "road-realistic". I've managed a couple workouts on it, when I've either been too busy to get out and ride outside, or if it's just been too cold or windy. Next, I'll need to find one of my old tires that works well with it. The tire that I used today has about 3,000 miles on it, and is totally flat in the middle from last year's indoor sessions. It kept slipping, and was pretty annoying.
So far, looking forward to next year, it looks like I'll be racing most (if not, all) of Pro-Am's events in Pennsylvania. Currently, they're running a package deal on their races. Here's a link to the .pdf file that contains the mail-in form. I did a couple of their races last year and had a good time.
With that said, I'll leave you with a Jens Voight fact: (once you click on the link, keep clicking the picture to get additional facts about the toughest man in the peloton)
"Jens Voight no longer has a shadow, because he attacked it repeatedly until it climbed into the Saxo Bank team car, claiming a stomach ailment and retired."
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