MueckeRacing

Flying a slight tailwind down the intertie on my loaner Bianchi at 4:30 in the morning, feet starting to get cold, I had to remind myself spring will be here soon. The weather broke a bit last week – the fog lifted after 3 months of constant grey, and no rain. Unfortunately this also brought some colder temps in the mornings, thus the cold toes again.
Feb. has been a tough month of training – I’ve been able to hold on to the weekly mileage increase – but only just barely. I should be taking Sats. off as a rest day, but so far have had to do some make-up rides to hit my goals. This is typically due to an inability to ride after work. It has proven to be supremely difficult to come home from a day at work and turn right around and stack on a few layers of riding clothes and power through an hour or so of hill work.
Hopefully it will get easier in March when there is more light in the afternoons. For now though, one more week in this block, then a short rest break, and another increase in weekly mileage. I heard from Steve that the Infinitos are supposed to be shipping next week, so I am hopeful to be back on some carbon next weekend. Not that my aluminum loaner is a bad bike – it’s actually a great riding bike for just kicking around with no worries – but I am anxious to have my arsenal available for the real training to come.
Not sure where I will ride to tommorrow, I suppose if the weather holds up ok I should go tackle Heppner again. It would be great to ride down there without any rain.