OK, so pushed to absolute desperation, this mt bike chick road a trainer. We had a run/ ride scheduled today. Got the run in no problem, but we are in the early stages of a Nor' Easter here and it was sleeting and snowing this afternoon. Not bad to run in, but messy perhaps for a ride. I wanted to ride anyway, but the trails were a mess, and so was the road.
Not wanting to break my training rhythm, the DH dug out a trainer from the gargage that somebody had given us a few years ago. He hooked up Bluebelle, my sort of road bike and set me in front of the TV.
Yikes...it is mentally challenging. I did not last as long as I wanted, but I pushed myself hard, and did not have to forfeit the workout.
Kudos to you guys that do hours on those contraptions.....
Ruth
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02-13-2007, 03:15 PM #1
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EEEKKK!!! I rode on a trainer....
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02-13-2007, 05:03 PM #2
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Great job on getting on the trainer!
I don't have one, but my boyfriend does. He rarely uses it, and at the most only uses it for up to 30 minutes at a time.
I have yet to brave the trainer. I continue to go to spin classes."Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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02-13-2007, 05:37 PM #3
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Good for you on getting on the trainer. that's the ONLY exercise i can do right now...i am up to 33 minutes...still working back the endurance post surgery.
my husband just bought a roller. he NEVER gets on the trainer. he managed 30 minutes, only because i did my 33.
i usually think of it this way, when i don't want to jump on the trainer:
how much do i WANT to reach my racing goal.
keep spinning!
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02-13-2007, 06:03 PM #4
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Call me crazy, but I have learned to love the trainer in the winter. It's my only option for dark evenings after work (I ride right when I get home from work, twice a week). I put on some pumping music (or Coach Troy if I am feeling especially sadistic, but that's not too often
) and go for 45 minutes. I burn around 325 calories according to my HR monitor, and feel great afterwards. It's a good way to stay in shape over the winter for we who work full time, too far from work to commute by bike, and are weather wimps! 
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02-13-2007, 06:57 PM #5
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my husband just bought a roller. he NEVER gets on the trainer. he managed 30 minutes, only because i did my 33.
So, he bought a roller... and just got on that? Or he bought a roller and got on the trainer?
I saw how rollers work and that looks really hard! Although, it looks smoother than a trainer... like the back wheel rolls easier, if that makes sense."Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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02-13-2007, 07:10 PM #6
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Good on you R'n'R
It is def mentally challenging to get on an indoor trainer...
To get yourself motivated to keep going once you are on, tape/dvd some cycling tours to watch as you do it so you can ride with your heros... or get some music you love with a good rythym and play it loud...
Both really help while away those minutes!
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
"I will try again tomorrow".
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02-14-2007, 04:16 AM #7
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I don't love mine but I use it for the same thing. I'm definately a weather wimp and I know that if I force myself to ride a few times a week for an hour, it will be easier and more productive once the weather does warm up and riding outside in the warm sun is something I DO love.. so it's worth it!!
Originally Posted by emily_in_nc
Call me crazy, but I have learned to love the trainer in the winter. It's my only option for dark evenings after work (I ride right when I get home from work, twice a week). I put on some pumping music (or Coach Troy if I am feeling especially sadistic, but that's not too often ) and go for 45 minutes. I burn around 325 calories according to my HR monitor, and feel great afterwards. It's a good way to stay in shape over the winter for we who work full time, too far from work to commute by bike, and are weather wimps!
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02-14-2007, 02:12 PM #8
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Despite the great weather for outdoors here at the moment I am sticking to the trainer as well as am 7.5 months pregnant and being a bit precious about falling off outdoors. I have to say that it is a hell of a lot more fun as of a week ago when I realised the trainer resistance was set to HIGH instead of low. I couldn't work out why I could not keep my HR down on the lowest gear
. I'm only doing 30 - 50mins at a time but hope that by the time I get outside again it will be easier to go longer in each session.
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