Week Three of my 12-week training plan ended today with a 20-mile outdoor ride that brought me to 55 miles for the month of February, a personal record that topped my 2005 total by 4 miles. To say that I don’t usually ride outdoors in February would be an understatement.
But riding outside today made me question why I don’t ride more frequently during the winter. The temperature topped out at just 31 degrees but I was warm enough. Maybe I’m just getting hard to it. Not that long ago, I wouldn’t have considered riding on a day like today. And there’s better clothing on the way: I have ordered some thermal bib tights that would have made today’s ride even more comfortable.
Perhaps the biggest factor working for me today was a desire to atone for a poor trainer ride yesterday. I spent just 30 minutes on the trainer Saturday night, quitting in frustration because I couldn’t get my heart rate up. I’m not fatigued or over-trained; it was just a bad session.
Monday will be a scheduled rest day. On Tuesday perhaps I’ll greet March with a 1-hour outdoor ride on my lunch break.
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