Every other day on trainer from early December through the end of January, but not a pedal stroke so far this month. It glares at me every time I walk by. Maybe tomorrow.

Our spinning classes are primarily 40+. A while back, a couple of 20 something young guys, very fit looking, weight training types joined us for a class. When it was done, one of them, totally soaked, exclaimed "Wow, I've got a whole new respect for you old folks!". Game was on then... They still drop in from time to time...

Work on my I-Magic at least 3-4 times a week. Multitudes of tracks to ride if you want to pay attention to them, challenge your old times, or real-life videos. I hooked it up to my tv, rode Milan-San Remo, Alpe Dhuez, etc. It beats looking at the wall, and it will throw a beating on you if you want it to.

I need lots of mental stimulation, get bored easily. Usually ride trainer, watch TV and listen to Ipod, especially while doing base miles for the winter.

This morning, worked up from easy spin, mid range, 55 rpm big gear tempo for 10 minutes, cool down all within an hour. Wattage numbers vs. heart rate let you know how you are progressing.

A good trainer is nothing but a good diversion while you are working on cardio fitness. I love the I-magic for that reason.

10-4 DP... no problemo. I do not follow the PTTP program to the letter, but I use a lot of elements of it in various combinations. I also like to do some cycles of 2-3 minutes of standing with high resistance and <60 cadence as an element. The important thing is to use time on the trainer or spinner for something more intense than just riding along. I agree that a fan would be nice but I can't fit one in my university locker. And +1 about the RBR newsletter... very good reading IMO. Take care...

Indoor trainer session with Triathlon club. I wasn't smiling once the workout started. I'm the one on the right with the red jersey.

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Was that Liz Hatch two doors down?

Never mind.

I did TT 2.0 by Coach Troy yesterday. I feel righteous today but at the time my heart was full of hate.

My wife bought me a Cycleops Fluid2 for chrismas. I set it up in the basement with one of my older bikes that isn't likely to get ridden when warmer weather comes around. I just started using it regularly last week. I kinda dig it. I like it better than the elliptical we inherited from the previous home owner. There's no comparison to a real ride, but it keeps the sadle zone in shape for warmer weather. So far, I've just been using my HRM and stopwatch to train, but it's about time to put a cadence computer on it and step it up a little. My neighbor's wife got him a spinner. It's considerably nicer than my setup, but I like the feel of a real bicycle beneath me.

Back on the trainer today, too much ICE on the roads but it is finally melting, yea!! In Jan. 200 miles on the bicycle, 250 miles on the trainer, Feb. hasn't been good at all for the bicycle, except a 4.3 mile FOOD run with the utitlity trailer last Sat., Hopefully there will be a change in the numbers before the end of the month! ;)

Haven't been to the gym this winter but before I did the spinning class I used to do a gentle warm up in the weights room. One night I had a couple of Muscular 20 year olds follow me from machine to machine and they were making a point of adding a great deal of weight to all the machines that I had just used. Till it got to the calf machine. This is one machine where I use maximum weight. First lad got on and found he couldn't raise the weight as it was on Max. he had to take half the weight off. Then his mate called him a wimp and got on the machine. He only managed to put on an extra 20lbs. So I got on again- put it on max weight and only did 10 repetitions- but on each leg singularly.

I did pay for it though- The spinning class killed me that night.

Did a Comp-u- Trainer class today for 2hrs at one of the local LBS, since we're dealing with snow AGAIN. Great workout, not better than outdoors, but better than the boredom on a trainer alone, and challenging since the resistance was mixed up for LT threshold intervals, and VO2 max intervals as well. But I think my brain is calcifying for the lack of fresh air. About 1hr in, I noticed a "thunk" that I thought might be coming from the resistance unit on the rear, turns out I was dragging a brake pad. Suffering makes you stronger I guess...