pedal strokes

too wet for me, took the car to work today...

this is hardcore: this old lady, bike loaded up front and back, pissing down rain, about to take on the climb behind the power station...

I don't usually ride the trainer after March. The rollers are a little different though. A few weeks off them, and when you get back on you notice their training benefits immediately...

Since November I've been working 3 nights a week in addition to my day job. Gotta keep the kids in shoes. Keep me in inner tubes!

Through the winter, I got into a really good routine of coming home, onto the rollers for an hour, a beer from the fridge, a bath and some time with Shinobu. A great way to wind down and refresh.

Since spring came around, I have been squeezing rides in in the daylight. (Evenings have become a bit of a booze fest!)

Today I was planning a rest day. But after a hard day at work (by my standards anyway!) I decided to hit the rollers.

No plan in mind. Turn the lights down low. Turn the music up loud. The Strokes second album.

The first album was the soundtrack to my first summer in Japan. Fond memories of camping on a beach on Sado Island.

For some reason, I'd neglected subsequent albums. Didn't realise what I'd been missing!

Tuesday's training:

Rollers – ride to the music, the strokes' room on fire

(60 minutes, 52.9 km / kmph, 141 AV HR, 101 AV cadence)

Musical Motivation: the strokes – please don't slow me down, if I'm going too fast....