Getting close….

The season is getting really close.  Its funny, when I wrote my 28 week training plan (yes I did schedule my training for 28 weeks before the first race) I thought time would slowly crawl by.  But now here we are.  5.5 weeks left before the UW Cycling Spring Break trip to North Carolina.  I may have a team training camp with my Wheel & Sprocket Elite team around the same time.  I can’t wait for either.

My training has been going well, or as well as it can having to ride inside and getting the occasional commute into work (11 miles round trip).  I put in 14 hrs last week and I’ll be putting in a solid 16 hrs by this sunday.  I’ve been getting a consistent 10+ since the week before christmas and I’m feeling pretty good.

I just got the email about team bikes for 2011 and I’m customizing mine as we speak.  I wish I could have it right now!!!  Also my clothing order has been placed.  I’ll be receiving 2 full kits, a GeoTherm  long sleeve jersey, a thermal jacket and a thermal longsleeve skin suit for cyclocross (that’ll be nice for CX Nationals in January…IN MADISON, WI!)

Its been warming up a little bit around here.  Amazing how 20′s can feel balmy after -10 and below degree temps for a couple days. I’m able to ride outside, by commuting to work, but I’m still confined to the rollers.  Which by the way my girlfriend, Lindsey, just got some new cycleops rollers with the resistance unit.  My goodness it is SO much easier, mentally, to do intervals on.  The trainer just sucks that motivation out of you, but the rollers just make you feel so much better and you know you’re able to finish those excruciatingly painful intervals.

But other than that I’ll still be waiting to hear from graduate school to see if I’m accepted.  AH the suspense!

Ciao ciao….

Waitey