"The winter crack"...and it's abrupt end

It happens to the best of us...the inevitable "winter crack". Here in the midwest we have been fortunate enough to have been blessed with a crap ton of snow (insert sarcasm for all you slow people) and just when I thought it was all going to clear up and I could sneak out on the roads, more came on Tuesday...bummer. As cyclists in the Midwest, we are accustomed to hours spent in front of a tv watching our idols duke it out on the world's stage as we sweat in small rooms on the trainer or rollers going no where.

I try to look at the positive as much as I can. I mean the trainer offers you the chance to get a very structured workout with no outside variables like wind, terrain, or weather having an impact. Great idea...a little harder to practice and last week that came true. I tried to hop on the trainer last Thurs. for 2 hrs...I made it 25 min. Go ahead and call me weak, but I was just done, sick of it...I took a couple of days off to regroup mentally and a blessing in disguise came: my coach!

I finally got a chance to connect with my new coach Aaron and discuss the training plan for this year. Boy did I need that! Once I got the new training plan that weekend I was back!!! Training has never felt so good and I am inspired again to hit things full force. He's a great guy who has a great philsophy. I know it's still early, but just after a couple of his prescribed workouts I was feeling some great sensations. Let's hope all this work now pays off some serious dividends come late April!

What we get to enjoy in the Midwest...

Where the pros get to train...yup, i'm jealous