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  1. #1
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    I am so impressed with all of you. I don't know how you ride your trainers for that long and not get too bored. The longest I can handle is about an hour. I have a few spinervals but they only last 45 min. Any advice on pushing through the bordem that creeps in? Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by solobiker View Post
    I am so impressed with all of you. I don't know how you ride your trainers for that long and not get too bored. The longest I can handle is about an hour. I have a few spinervals but they only last 45 min. Any advice on pushing through the bordem that creeps in? Thanks
    Well, I guess it's all about motivation and each person's reason for being there on that trainer.

    I'm training for an Ironman... and I know that right now I'm building my base before the REAL training kicks in.

    3.5 hours on the trainer isn't fun... and trust me, the last 1.5 hours was me counting down the time and saying "it's not that long... oh yes it is!". I had to dig deep for the last 1.5 hours.

    So anyhoo... for the first 2 hours I catch up on all the shows I recorded during the week. That's fun. I just watch TV and pedal along at a 90+ cadence. When the TV get boring I put on some music and put the TV on mute.

    And when it gets really hard I say outloud, "This is all for Ironman! You will be an Ironman!" That motivates me.

    But yea... if I was just riding to keep in shape during the winter... I sure as heck would not be spending 3+ hours on the trainer. I would have probably slept in.
    "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!!!!"

  3. #3
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    I agree -- you need a goal. A reason to be riding. I have a ride in February that I"m training for, so that's what kept me on the bike. I just imagined how I'll feel around 2am on that ride, and do I want to know that I didn't do all the training I should? I started today at around 10am, and stopped at around 5:30pm. I stopped to check email (and the forum ) and for a snack and bathroom breaks, but pretty much spent the day on the bike. I have a ton of tivo'd tv shows, and I would do one in a higher gear, one in an easy gear. I did a movie, two 'what not to wears', one supermodel show and a matchmaker show, and finished with 4 Dr. Phils. Since I did the Tough Love video yesterday, today was a weird, twisted sort of long, endurance recovery ride. Basically just getting long saddle time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedal Wench View Post
    I agree -- you need a goal. A reason to be riding. I have a ride in February that I"m training for, so that's what kept me on the bike. I just imagined how I'll feel around 2am on that ride, and do I want to know that I didn't do all the training I should? I started today at around 10am, and stopped at around 5:30pm. I stopped to check email (and the forum ) and for a snack and bathroom breaks, but pretty much spent the day on the bike. I have a ton of tivo'd tv shows, and I would do one in a higher gear, one in an easy gear. I did a movie, two 'what not to wears', one supermodel show and a matchmaker show, and finished with 4 Dr. Phils. Since I did the Tough Love video yesterday, today was a weird, twisted sort of long, endurance recovery ride. Basically just getting long saddle time.
    Well, I am not training for anything specific. I was not sure if you are doing intervals or hill workouts during these sessions. I tend to be a highly motivated person if I have a goal in mind. When I used to do a lot of rock climbing and mountaineering I was a training machine. I would like to ride a double this year. I have no idea how hard that would be. Maybe I will trian for that

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    I have montly mileage goals and a metric in April to think about, but otherwise, no specific things in mind at this point.
    No where near a trainer century for me this weekend. I did get a 50-minute Lean and Mean Spinervals session in today (12+ miles), my only exercise all weekend. Ugh. My DH discovered he can stand on his bike while riding the new rollers, so he could do all the intervals on the DVD (except we spun easy when they got off the bikes to do squats). I just ramp up the resistance when they stand...no WAY am I trying to stand on my rollers! I'll bounce myself right off and into the t.v.!
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