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Mike S.
Guest
You're all seeing San Diego's weather on the Superbowl coverage so I won't mention the 70 and sunny
temps that we seen to almost always have...
The one thing that y'all in the cold weather climates have as an advantage is burnout (or lack of).
Some of the guys in SD/SoCal can (and do!) ride at the same level all year long. They don't get much
slower in the "winter" or much faster in the summer. Since I grew up riding in VA, where its snows
just enough that riding indoors is a smart thing in the winter, I used to look forward to spring and
getting back outside. Now that I'm in SD, there isn't really that problem so I find myself going too
hard too early in the season and dying in Aug/Sep. As long as you wait till after 0900 or so, you
don't really even need more than knee warmers most of the winter. With racing starting next (!)
weekend, its time to start thinking about intervals, sprints, and the like. Good thing the track
season really doesn't kick off till April.
"one of the six billion" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I know what you mean. This crazy weather has been rough. Here in Santa Cruz we've had a week
> at a time between one or two day rain storms instead of the other way around. I'm getting in
> so many miles that I'm in as good of shape as I ever am in the middle of summer and am
> starting to get exhausted. It's just so beautiful out I am having a really hard time taking an
> easy rest day. Yesterday I tried really hard to go for an easy hour maybe 15 miles, by the
> time I got home I had 36 miles and 2 1/2
hours.
> Tried the same today, and got the exact same results. Tomorrows plan try to keep it at or under
> 4 hours.
>
>
>
> "Eric S. Sande" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > Winds howling across the tundra, man I thought I was in the South.
> >
> > Gentle breezes and magnolias in bloom, that's what I signed up for.
> >
> > Not.
> >
> > This is some serious winter action, I mean it is cold enough to freeze the tits off of a brass
> > witch.
> >
> > I'm working my way up 15th Street and my freaking water bottle is a block of ice, no kidding.
> > It's so cold that my tires make a little scraping sound as they hit the salt crystals.
> >
> > I'm not a timid rider but I've had it with this winter, I'm not bailing out but I am complaining
> > to management.
> >
> > And this El Nino thing can kiss my ass, I'd like to say that if I had any control over it I'd
> > shut it down pronto.
> >
> > However this has been an excellent riding winter so far, I am well and I hope you are also.
> >
> > --
> >
> > _______________________ALL AMIGA IN MY MIND_______________________ ------------------"Buddy
> > Holly, the Texas Elvis"------------------
> > __________306.350.357.38>>[email protected]__________
temps that we seen to almost always have...
The one thing that y'all in the cold weather climates have as an advantage is burnout (or lack of).
Some of the guys in SD/SoCal can (and do!) ride at the same level all year long. They don't get much
slower in the "winter" or much faster in the summer. Since I grew up riding in VA, where its snows
just enough that riding indoors is a smart thing in the winter, I used to look forward to spring and
getting back outside. Now that I'm in SD, there isn't really that problem so I find myself going too
hard too early in the season and dying in Aug/Sep. As long as you wait till after 0900 or so, you
don't really even need more than knee warmers most of the winter. With racing starting next (!)
weekend, its time to start thinking about intervals, sprints, and the like. Good thing the track
season really doesn't kick off till April.
"one of the six billion" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I know what you mean. This crazy weather has been rough. Here in Santa Cruz we've had a week
> at a time between one or two day rain storms instead of the other way around. I'm getting in
> so many miles that I'm in as good of shape as I ever am in the middle of summer and am
> starting to get exhausted. It's just so beautiful out I am having a really hard time taking an
> easy rest day. Yesterday I tried really hard to go for an easy hour maybe 15 miles, by the
> time I got home I had 36 miles and 2 1/2
hours.
> Tried the same today, and got the exact same results. Tomorrows plan try to keep it at or under
> 4 hours.
>
>
>
> "Eric S. Sande" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > Winds howling across the tundra, man I thought I was in the South.
> >
> > Gentle breezes and magnolias in bloom, that's what I signed up for.
> >
> > Not.
> >
> > This is some serious winter action, I mean it is cold enough to freeze the tits off of a brass
> > witch.
> >
> > I'm working my way up 15th Street and my freaking water bottle is a block of ice, no kidding.
> > It's so cold that my tires make a little scraping sound as they hit the salt crystals.
> >
> > I'm not a timid rider but I've had it with this winter, I'm not bailing out but I am complaining
> > to management.
> >
> > And this El Nino thing can kiss my ass, I'd like to say that if I had any control over it I'd
> > shut it down pronto.
> >
> > However this has been an excellent riding winter so far, I am well and I hope you are also.
> >
> > --
> >
> > _______________________ALL AMIGA IN MY MIND_______________________ ------------------"Buddy
> > Holly, the Texas Elvis"------------------
> > __________306.350.357.38>>[email protected]__________