Rubber to the road, er... I mean rollers!

Wow, too cold for outdoor rides right now! Ten degrees below zero with windchill here in Louisville, KY. It's been years since it was this cold.

That can only mean rollers and my CycleOps Fluid2 are getting more than their fair share of use. I like to warm up on my rollers and then swithc over to the Fluid trainer for the tough stuff. Having a 42" Plasma HDTV and my Robbie Ventura RealRides DVDs makes the time go fast and efficiently. I use the Power and Speed vids to mix it up and rotate the regimen.

I envy those in the wamer climates right now. Reading about Lance and the 100 plus degree heat in Australia makes me wanna go. There is just those pesky little issues of time and money. Remind me to strike it rich so I can do the snowbird thing and hang out in Aussie land in the North American winter period. Yeah, thats the ticket, yeah. (SNL Liar character as played by John Lovitz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lovitz)

My team, Indiana Masters is competing at Marian College's Indoor 10mi TTT Challenge this weekend. This will be my first trip with them. Fortunately/unfortunately (you choose), my teammates include National and World TT champs. Yes, they were desperate, and called me when one had to bow out. Even better is having to get up at 5am to get to Indy in time for a 1hr warmup before the TT. Yeah! One the upside, I'm really going to suffer and with peer pressure from the some of the best around. As a result, I'll get a better idea of my max heart rate and power output for about 23min. Grasping at positive straws, I know. I think I may actually puke, so I'll keep my breakfast small Saturday. Maybe we can get a video or pic to post on that matter later.

Speaking of Lance, just knowing Versus is going to broadcast it means earlier than usual motivation for the cycling season! Early season classics, broadcast of IronMan competitions and adventure racing always gets me on the bike. This year master Nationals will be here in Louisville again and our Spring Training season starts around the 1st of March. This week was a rest week, so at least I'll be relatively fresh for the TTT. Next week jumps back into Power Intervals, Steady State and Muscle Intervals.

Stay tuned for the next installment of - "How did Darrin die?" Post TTT summary, most likely posted by someone other than Darrin.