The Ride Inside:
Sunday I needed to get in some base miles So I was Planning on a 4 hour Ride on the road however at 8:00 AM it was 32 Outside.
So I decided to Ride on the trainer indoors - Armed with my 2003 Tour DVD's, a Gallon of Water, a Cliff Bar, and 2 Honeystinger Gels I started my ride.
I had a bit of a structured workout scheduled for the 1st hour I would ride at the high end of my aerobic zone with 2 Fast Pedal Intervals of 2 min Each. The 2nd Hour would be a Tempo of 30 Minutes. 3rd Hour I would do some SS and Time trials. 4th Hour was back to High end Aerobic Ride with Another Fast Pedal and a cool Down.
This helped to Break up the monotony of riding inside.
2003 was a very good tour the early stages had some spectacular crashes Tyler Hamilton Broke his Collar Bone and Continued to Ride and one rider from Euskatel Managed to Hop his bike over 2 downed riders and stay upright (That was more impressive Bike Handling to me than Lance veering off the road into an open Field (to Avoid Joseba Beloki when he Crashed an Broke his hip)then Run Across the Field Jump over a drainage ditch and get back ino the race (Wait that was pretty cool) The Early Mountain stages had Alpe d'Huez and Constant attacks on Lance. My ride Finished at the end of Stage 7 DVD 2 in the Extended Coverage.
The Ride was long but not too bad. So the Bottom Line If you have to ride inside (or it seems more resonable to ride inside) have some stuff to eat and drink on hand, a varied workout, and something interesting and/or motivational to watch and the hours will go by quickly.
Sunday I needed to get in some base miles So I was Planning on a 4 hour Ride on the road however at 8:00 AM it was 32 Outside.
So I decided to Ride on the trainer indoors - Armed with my 2003 Tour DVD's, a Gallon of Water, a Cliff Bar, and 2 Honeystinger Gels I started my ride.
I had a bit of a structured workout scheduled for the 1st hour I would ride at the high end of my aerobic zone with 2 Fast Pedal Intervals of 2 min Each. The 2nd Hour would be a Tempo of 30 Minutes. 3rd Hour I would do some SS and Time trials. 4th Hour was back to High end Aerobic Ride with Another Fast Pedal and a cool Down.
This helped to Break up the monotony of riding inside.
2003 was a very good tour the early stages had some spectacular crashes Tyler Hamilton Broke his Collar Bone and Continued to Ride and one rider from Euskatel Managed to Hop his bike over 2 downed riders and stay upright (That was more impressive Bike Handling to me than Lance veering off the road into an open Field (to Avoid Joseba Beloki when he Crashed an Broke his hip)then Run Across the Field Jump over a drainage ditch and get back ino the race (Wait that was pretty cool) The Early Mountain stages had Alpe d'Huez and Constant attacks on Lance. My ride Finished at the end of Stage 7 DVD 2 in the Extended Coverage.
The Ride was long but not too bad. So the Bottom Line If you have to ride inside (or it seems more resonable to ride inside) have some stuff to eat and drink on hand, a varied workout, and something interesting and/or motivational to watch and the hours will go by quickly.
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