Last weekend I was still going out
for an outdoor ride on the bike – 26 miles with some hard intervals mixed
in. Post-season I was regularly getting
in a weekly outdoor 30-mile ride on the weekends, but I learned I even had to
adapt with that. There comes a point in
pregnancy when you just can’t make it that long without a pit stop. You learn to stay on the lookout for a good
stopping stop and have to remember to pack tissues to have along with you. Sometimes it’s just about making the
uncomfortable-ness as comfortable as possible.
It has also gotten more cramped down in the aero position on the bike,
so there are definitely some benefits to riding indoors on the trainer: sitting
more upright and having a bathroom nearby.
Halloween
morning, we woke up to at least 3” of snow on the ground. This was the third snowfall in October up
here, but the first that accumulated.
It’s Sunday and there’s still snow out there. It’s been too cold to melt it all, though I
do expect it to all disappear before the next snowfall (which forecasts have
that as late this week again already). I
guess we have moved into winter (we did have a solid 4.5 months without any
snowfall, so there’s that….). While
Draft Cyclery has provided some awesome cold-weather apparel for getting
outside on rides, there’s a good chance I may be retired to the indoors until
spring. I get tired of spinning on the
trainer so much, but the risk of hitting ice out on the roads is currently too
high. So there’s that, and as I said
earlier, I at least have a bathroom nearby and can ride more upright when
indoors (though yes, I do realize you should always train in aero whenever
possible). Stay positive. Keep healthy, and keep moving!
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