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Saturday, January 9. 2010
Sucking miles and killing time - an illustration
How can you spend 4hrs on an indoor trainer? And why would you anyway? Well, here's a cartoon or picture illustration on the how to...
So outside the weather looks like this:
Or waist deep snow and *brrrrrrrr*:
You hate to go out and ride... but somehow you should ride or workout...
...you have very good resolutions, a summer trip to look forward to. For me it's the trip in March or the day tours in Summer - the boys ALWAYS drop me... so Winter is the time to prepare and limit the dropping distance...
The training geeks call 'em base miles: the long, slow miles you eat in Winter to be nice and spanking for Summer. Base miles my ass if you are living in a Northern country!! How are you supposed to do the longest rides in the coldest months?
So here we bring in this:
Stick your bike on the trainer. Put it somewhere where you've got good company, a TV, DVD, music...
Be nice to your partner and beg for a spot next to your couch. Or take advantage of your own place..
...and then suck the miles and kill the time with this:
I found that the Season-DVDs of "Prison Break" work best for me because every show will have you starving to see the next episode. And that's what you want: suspension to keep you on the bike. Maybe it's "Lost" for you? Or "Leathal Weapon 1-4"?
Now set yourself up:
Have everything handy. A towel, phones (you'd hate getting of the trainer to catch a call), remotes and plenty of water.
If you were able to set the trainer next to the couch without any discussions you will probably still have to run and change the discs. Otherwise use the phones and ask your partner. 
Grab something like this if you need more suspension:
And then roll it!!!
And before you know it:
Then take your miles and put 'em on a google map. From A (where your living room is) to B, one way.
Admire how far you've come and look forward to the next indoor session. Where will it take you?
Brag about it online...
(Ok, that's not a must but this is: Sit down and chill with your favorite:)
You earned it!
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