Riding In The Dark

Competing schedules necessitated riding at night and in the dark during March and April. I captured this video in mid-April, prior to an interval workout out to Iona (next to YVR). Nice sunset during my first effort out to the turnaround.

Salt Mine

When riding outdoors, one benefits from moving air to help cool and reduce sweat. The ideal indoor riding setup includes fans to replicate this effect. I went without fans when riding inside. Net result was lots of sweat. This is what the floor looked like after a 90 minute ride in the garage.

Indoors

Planned and focussed training started in November. This photo was taken November 12 and was of one of my first ever indoor rides. I did 2 to 3 of these indoor rides per week in November, December, January, February and March. Surprisingly, riding the trainer inside was not as mind numbing as I anticipated. Key ingredients were music and TV. Lots of sweat and noise meant that I ended doing most of my indoor work in the garage.