Quote Originally Posted by cyclingnewbie
Yippee Yahooo!! It was 65 degrees today, very little wind, sunshine. .... I cannot believe how much weight I have gained over the winter and how out of shape I am.
I had the same weather on Tuesday and got to ride to work for the first time since October (blubbery tears of gratitude) - that winter trainer work does not really substitute for the feel of the road and the actual hill climbing! I'm hoping some sort of muscle memory will kick in and we will get back to "fightin' shape" fast! It's that whole outdoor-spiritual aspect of riding that somehow makes winter training a weak, pale mockery of the real thing!!!

Of course, yesterday we had tornadoes and today we have 45 mph winds. Dang March weather!