Laziness, injury and weather.
Winter training is always going to be patchy and subject to the whims of the weather. From painful experience I always avoid going out on the road when there is a likelihood of ice patches.
The wind is a tricky one to gauge. I set off on a ride earlier in the week amid wind gusts of 25mph and above. On the A roads with large trucks adding to the wind shear the fear factor far outweighs any other considerations. After a mile or so of being buffeted I turned around and headed down a more minor road where I could have the entire width to myself. I managed to put in thirty five km around the country lanes in relative safety before the heavens opened up and I straggled home.
There is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing! Although yesterday I was getting blown sideways on my MTB at the top of Ashton court.
ReplyDeleteBesides, I think you would do well to get yourself a turbo trainer. Around 100 quid and then you can train no matter what. Eats tires though, apparently.
PS I like the way that you can embed Strava activity into the page
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