Getting sad...

[Twice Daily]

Click here to see the mountain situation 5 minutes from my house...just watch as the pictures scroll...

I'm not ready to give up riding my bike yet...

I'm not a winter sports enthusiast and all the snow is really making me sad...especially since my boyfriend snowboards 4 to 5 times a week all winter!! (His boss accomodates his obsession otherwise my boyfriend is an evil grump from now until April...)

I was able to ride yesterday as the ground was clear (the skies were all kinds of evil)...I was so stoked when I got back from my ride, cold but stoked...

I guess it's time to invest in clothes for riding in the snow because Spinning inside in a dark room on a stationary bike just doesn't cut it for me...

[CorsairMac]

you are welcome to New Mexico any weekend for a ride when the snow is just too much! - yet ANother reason I moved to the desert SW!

[Irulan]

There's always skiing.....that's what I do. I find that mountain biking is great crossover training for ski season. Hey, it gets you out into the fresh air. And if you don't like alpine, there is backcountry skiing, or classic nordic, skate skiing or even snow shoeing.... all great workouts.
Why stay inside?

Sometimes becoming a winter sports nut is just a matter of finding the right activity, and then learning how to dress for the elements. Personally I'd go nuts if I had to stay inside in the winter.


Irulan

[massbikebabe]

I am sad for you....but I have skiied Snowbird and I think it's just about the greatest skiing in the world...even better than Tremblant. You are very lucky!!

karen

[MightyMitre]

Would love to be able to become a winter sports nut but we just don't have the snow. Instead we have rain, drizzle, fog and road grime. Oh yes, did I mention the rain...

It did snow last winter but although it was cold it was all gone by the end of the week. Actually, it's very funny. Because it's so rare the whole country goes into a kind of frenzy, as though it's the first time it's happened. Kids rush out and try and make snowmen with the 3cm of slushy wet snow we get and motorists get all in a tiss because there's a bit of slush on the road.

Cross country skiing really appeals to me. I don't think I'd be able to stay up too well on anything too slopey. My sister-in-law lives in Calgary so perhaps I should get my behind over the Atlantic and pay her a visit. She's from the UK as well and although Calgary gets VERY cold she likes the blue skies and sunshine.

[smurfalicious]

*laughs* Here I was gonna post about my first taste of snow! I went out yesterday to ride the Skyliner to Tumalo trail and the first time my tires crunched in the snow, I was giddy like a little kid. There was about an inch of snow that had gathered in a few places. I realized then I'll never win. Snow, or sand, those are my two trail conditions. Oh well, it was super fun, made the climbs burly as can be. Coming back down was tricky, because it was a sidehill so I hoofed a little of it. Off camber still gets me, without snow. Man, there is something super neat about just flying over a patch of snow, knowing you're safer hauling butt than slowing down. Even more amazing that in some super skimpy materials I was warm in that cold. I love my bike, I just needed to say that again!

Okay, it is sad though, that eventually I'm gonna get chased into the lower elevations. Oh well, there's always the fact that my reletively lower elevation in Redmond, about 500 feet, leaves me something to ride. Oh, and I guess I've got the horse. Snow sucks! Why did I discover bike crack in like, August?

love and cookies
-smurf

[Dogmama]

I'm wondering if the short days are affecting you also. You may have SAD. Have you talked to a doctor?

[Twice Daily]

Last weekend the snow finally fell all around my house...but it should be clear at least a couple days this week so I can bundle up and ride to work...

My boyfriend has reluctantly agreed to teach me to snowboard...he's a little selfish about the snowboarding because he thinks of it as his special guy thing he does with his friends away from all their wives and girlfriends...I have told him that this makes him seem like an a55...

This past summer he taught me to skateboard so I can roll around at the skatepark with him and I was such a trooper...I think he'll be pleasantly surprised as he teaches me to snowboard...

I’m just going to have to accept the snow…perhaps even embrace it…

[Irulan]

As a long time snow sports person... I'd like to gently suggest that you do not have your boyfriend teach you to board. It's really tough on relationships for any number of reasons: He'd rather be with his buddies, you will be frustrated, he will be frustrated, plus unless he IS an instructor he will probably not teach you very well.

My recommendation is that you get a series of lessons and learn correctly. A trained instructor will geive you what you need to know in the proper sequence so that you can have success. Plus, all the emotional stuff gets factored out of the equation. You can take some half day lessons, and the go out with the BF for a few runs after lunch when he's blown off some steam.

he's a little selfish about the snowboarding because he thinks of it as his special guy thing he does with his friends away from all their wives and girlfriends...I have told him that this makes him seem like an a55...

Oh, joy -You might want to hook up with some other gals at your level and forget about hanging with the guys. Some boys are like this... If she can't keep up with me forget her kind of thing... and you'll have a lot more fun with the gals than trying to keep up with a bunch of guys who don't want to wait for you.


~irulan

[Twice Daily]

I agree completely...
I was considering getting lessons independently of my man... girls learn to ride is offering a workshop here in Utah and the resorts have all types of women only snowboarding classes...

Surprisingly enough, he is a very patient teacher...I was a little nervous about learning to skateboard because I thought he'd terrify the entire skatepark with loud expletives and other such sounds of frustration...but he was very quiet and calm...

Hmmm, just when you think you have men figured out…

[Dogmama]

Originally posted by Twice Daily
Hmmm, just when you think you have men figured out… [/B]

...they change the rules and then insist that YOU changed your mind!

[Selkie]

Sorry to hear that it's snowing in your area already. In the DC metro area, our winters don't follow any pattern--sometimes we don't get any snow. Usually, we get some but worse than that, we get ICE.

Anyway, why not invest in a trainer when you're forced to "ride" inside? I find that using a trainer is much better than a stationary bike. Also, you might want to look into getting some Spinerval workouts -- I'm hooked on them! They will help alleviate the boredom factor and you'll get an excellent workout The music is the pits but Coach Troy Jacobson puts together some difficult, challenging workouts.

[Barb]

"Why did I discover bike crack in like, August?"



BIKE CRACK!!!!! Oh my god that is exactly it! My family thinks I am crazed! It is a joke with my son as I drive him to school....when I see a biker I say "I wish I was riding MY bike". Some times he beats me to it and says "I bet you wish you were riding YOUR bike". It is a sickness.

It has been dark, in the 30's and raining all week. I can take cold and dark, the rain keeps me off my bike. this is the first year I have decided to ride year round. I think the snow will be easier on me.