Mr. Winter is here

In the last week we've seen the weather go from around 60 to below 30. That means its officially fall. This week the temp is supposed to head back up to around 60 for a few days and then fall back down.

All this cold weather has me on the trainer 100% of the time (save a few and far between weekend rides outside). For some reason I've never had much getting on the trainer for intervals or longer rides. I'll admit 4 hours is the longest I've ever stayed on the trainer, but 3 hours is the normal long ride for weekends when I don't get outside.

How to pass time on the trainer you ask? Movies, and lots of them. I have Flanders, Roubaix, Het Volk, Giro, the Tour, and a couple more to keep me occupied. That's right, I listen to Phil Liggets voice so much during the winter, I come into the spring races with a British accent....ok that's a lie.

This year I'm thinking of a few new videos. The one my buddy MattP has me wanting to watch is "A Sunday in Hell". Its about the 1976 Paris Roubaix. I've only read about the movie and watched a clip or two from youtube, and I think its worth the purchase. Maybe I'll look at getting another year of the Tour of Flanders as well.

Speaking of Flanders, I'm getting pretty excited about the trip to Belgium this coming summer. It'll be my first time overseas. I've been doing a little research on Belgium, and I've found it has two things that are of high interest to me. The first and obvious one is cycling. The second would be the production of steel in the southern part of the country. Working at a coke plant, click here for more info on what coke is, it seems like if I spoke Flemish or French I would fit right in. Maybe SunCoke will put a plant in southern Belgium and I can move there for work.

Next cross race on the 31st. I'm adding a bit of intensity into my training, so hopefully the next race will go a bit better than the last.

Take care!