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I have decided to skip both of this weekend’s cyclocross races. The combination of travel plus expense plus uncertain weather makes me inclined to stay close to home. But I still want to race at the state championships on November 20 and I will continue to train with that goal in mind. Yesterday was a scheduled rest day. Today was chilly and wet, so I did an indoor trainer ride for the first time since April 15. And while I would prefer to ride outside, using the trainer actually makes me more likely to follow the plan that I hope will sharpen my fitness over the next week and a half. Riding outside makes it hard to think about 3 minutes of this interval followed by 4 minutes of that interval. Inside, intervals break up the monotony and make the sessions go faster.
I will hope for opportunities to ride outside this weekend, of course, but I may have to be patient and wait out more chilly, wet weather. That’s not exactly the way to harden myself against what could be a very cold morning at the state championships, but it won’t do me any good to get sick in the meantime.
I avoided the indoor trainer completely in November 2010. But having competition goals this late in the year has changed the equation. With sundown at around 4:30 p.m. and deteriorating weather conditions, riding inside is a necessary evil. When the state championships are behind me I will be happy to ignore the trainer again, perhaps until January.
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