Misc. Stuff

The last couple of days have found me on the trainer. I'll be the first to admit that I am a total wimp when it comes to riding indoors. For some reason it feels so much more difficult regardless of where my heart rate happens to be. I could be doing a recovery spin at 120 bpm inside and it feels harder than rolling in the 150's outside. Why is that? Anyway, I did manage to complete 45 minutes yesterday and today which I figure is better than nothing. Once I find a fan (hopefully Team Rico will post some info when he locates a good one) I should be able to bring it up to 60 minutes which is about my threshold. Last year I did 90 minutes in my parent's garage over the Christmas break with my friend Nathan. However, that is, and probably will always be, my longest indoor ride. Turbo B said that he only rode the trainer 3 or 4 times last winter. Maybe I need to follow suit and do more lunch rides. The thing that sucks is spending 15 minutes getting dressed & undressed (total time ~30 minutes) in winter gear for a 60 minute ride. Maybe I just need to learn how to change clothes quicker...

Neil@ROAD mentioned that so far Discovery, CSC, Predictor-Lotto, Saunier Duval and T-Mobile will be sending teams to the Tour of California. Should be a fun race and I'd love to swing a trip to watch/ride for a few days. The problem is that my family connections in northern CA moved to Seattle so I would need to throw down some $ for a hotel. Maybe RB knows of a good bridge I could camp under...