Just got off the trainer, it's too cold an windy today to ride outside, even easy - it's like 30 with 40mph winds... It was a tough call to ride inside, but I do hate the wind, don't mind the cold much, but I also hate the trainer. I guess the trainer won, this time.

Just heard from Eric that January will be a ramp up sort of month with much of what I've been doing for the last few weeks being done again in the next few weeks, but then the real fun begins. Feb is supposed to be my biggest month of the year which should hopefully put me on target for Gila at the end of April. I'm sort of concerned that I may do what I did last year, and peak too early (when I won a pretty tough "prep race" 10 days before the big show) but Eric has assured me this won't be the case.

I love working hard. I also enjoy the long, steady, relatively mellow riding that happens this time of year, but it can get old tooling around on the same old flat roads. I think this month when i go fro 3-5 hours that I'll get in some more climbing, that is if mother nature cooperates and keeps things snow free on the pavement.

Just have to stay healthy and rested this month, then the real work begins.