Mar 28 2009
Training to Keb Mo’
The weather has been very uncooperative of late, so road work has been tricky. It two attempts last week to get in one good intervals session and even at that I had computer problems that made me mad. Today would have been a 50 mile kind of day except for the spitting rain, 40 degree weather and 30 mph wind! Instead, I ended up at the bike shop where I was able to retrieve my rollers (finally) and check out the Guru Crono and Orbea Ordu Tri bikes. The Crono is custom-built for the rider and is the choice of one tri world champ. The Ordu is maybe the sexiest bike anywhere at any price and is the choice of another world champ.
Anyhow, I got home with the rollers and managed to get in a 35 minute session. It was nice to have them back; I’ve actually missed those stupid things. Good training music is important when riding rollers in the garage! Led Zepplin is great for cranking a fine, fast, high cadence. However, Keb Mo’ is the challenge. It’s hard to ride a smooth stroke when you’re wanting to juke along with that foot-tapping, thumping blues he turns out. Hopefully, tomorrow will see some high-quality road miles.
