Anyone who lives north of ohh.. dallas! has at one point or another spent some time on an indoor trainer. Those of us in the midwest that actually race full season spend more hours on an indoor trainer than we do actually racing usually.
That being said, there are hundred if not thousands of ways to pass time and trick the mind while pedaling to nowhere. I'm sure i know a lot of them, and i am sure there are MANY that i have never heard of. Things i have done in my day for hours include the obvious: TV, bike movies, intervals, etc.. and then the not so obvious: playing PlayStation football, watching the Superbowl and doing intervals during commercials, and one of the most memorable was setting up a circuit that 3 of us completed doing crunches, lunges, and roller sprints!
All of these things are done in an effort to pass the time. Intervals are by far the most common, and i started in on the hardest intervals i know to do - the dreaded 20 minutes at threshold.
I have done some 10's, some 5's and a heck of a lot of 2's, but last night was the first voyage of the season into the hurt locker. The 20's are tough because you are trying to average a certain wattage, so you start a little light of the target, cruise into the zone, then hurt like a Mutha! to maintain it for the duration. Its catch 22, because if you start too light, you have to work extra hard late in the game, but start out too strong, then you are squealing with like 7 minutes to go.
I did pretty well last night, the first one averaged 238W, not bad; but the second one averaged 252w! i was pretty happy with that, as i had been assuming my LT was around 240w. I think it may be time to do a performance test and see if my off season efforts are going anywhere.
I will wrap up the year tomorrow, and have updates shortly. We have New Years MTB ride on order, so hopefully i will get outside for a ride for the first time in almost 2 months!
Old Skool
Downers Grove - 1990
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One "distraction" conspicuously missing from the list is porn.
As I have mentioned in prior entries, porn makes for a great distraction. And those with high powered cellphones can even go to quality sites like thehun.com if you prefer not to have the DVD running.
A less known benefit (not tested nor fda approved. Pls consult your physician before attempting, excpet for spencer as he prefers the telletubbies over porn) is in the way that your legs must learn to operate more effeciently using less blood/oxygen. You see, the blood is being used, well, elsewhere.
Good luck with this interval. And please, don't blame me if you fall off of your bike while attempting. Not recommended while riding rollers due to uneven pedalling.
Garland, you might want to keep both hands on the handlebars. Just a thought.
try using a Tacx imagic or fortius Virtual Cycling trainer
They are ok, but i prefer my Computrainer
In addition to that, if you REALLY feel like you need to make a reccomendation to a weblink on my page, I'd appreciate a request first.
If you had a nice comment with real subatance it may be different, but your quick one liner seems like a weak attempt to get a quick hit to another website.
Aside from that,i think the Quality and ability of a Computrainer sets the standard for all others to copy.
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