Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
Easy for me in the PNW because I don't just ride my bike outdoors. I also have rollers, a gym membership, run, ski, snowshoe, and hike. I change my activities with the weather, but try to keep the hours and training stress about as planned.
Yes ...
We'll pencil in a set of rides for the next month or two, with a plan like I outlined in Post 2. Most of the time we're able to follow that plan, but every once in a while (like last weekend, for example) a massive low pressure system moves in and drops a whole lot of rain and wind on us.
So, instead of going for a long ride, we dropped in at the gym on Saturday and did a run on the treadmill, and then dropped in at the gym again, and did a decent row on the rowing machine. Then I came home and rode my trainer for a while. And we'll push our long ride off to the coming weekend or perhaps the one after.
The plan is flexible enough to accommodate changes like that.
And a little cross-training is good.