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| This is my trainer set-up. That block of wood is used to elevate my front wheel so I can pretend I'm riding uphill. |
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In the past, I haven't trained very well for Cyclo-cross season. I would work on skills and ride my bike on the road and get a run in or so, because that's what I liked. Not surprisingly, I'm not very good at CX. So, this year, I thought I'd try something new. I've heard good things about this training everyone has been talking about...
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| My view from the trainer. The other bikes want to play chicken. |
So, twice a week, I get up at the ass crack of dawn and get on my trainer and work on pedaling my bike really, really fast and really, really hard for about 45 minutes, and then I go inside and do sit-ups and push-ups and leg lifts. Intervals, is what everyone says will make me stronger. There are these things called Tabata intervals. I go as hard as I can for 20 seconds on my bike, then rest for 10 seconds and do that 8 times. Four. Whole. Minutes. And I feel like I'm going to die when I'm done. I do those at the end of my work-out, so I'm already ready to puke, but those things put me over the edge. I'll let you know how that works for me...
Oh, and this is what Iowa looks like right now. Nice, huh?
1 comment:
Serious training; I'm out of breath just reading about it. ;)
I remember the first time I saw you was under the scarlet leaved maple on an Iowa street. Is that the same one?
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