HEY! Congratulations! That's awesome!

This is my first year on the trainer during the winter. I never wanted to do it.. but my Ironman training started January 1st. So, I have had to do it.

It's not that bad. Sure, it's not like riding outside, but I try to see the positives in it.

It's nice to just get on the bike and ride. No packing up the car. No worrying about if I got everything.

I love watching my TV programs and listening to music while I ride.

Back in January... I had a Saturday where I had a 3 hour ride schedule. The weather was crap so I knew I had to do it on the trainer.

I got on the trainer with the idea I would just go about 2-2.5 hours. Figured there was no way I could go for 3 hours.

Then I was watching that silly TV show on MTV... Made. And there was this teenager whining into the camera, "I can't do it. It's too hard". I realized I was doing the same thing. I could do it. And I was going to do it. So I did. 3 hours on the trainer.

This month I had 4.5 hour ride schedule. Again, I had to ride on the trainer. And I did it.

As for cadence... my coach has me doing 90+ cadence always. But I've been riding like this for years. I'm a high cadence gal so I can protect my knees.