Hey, I'll be your partner in crime

It's raining (or about to) here, and I'm going to do 4.5 hours on the trainer (equal to 100 on the road) in a little bit

- Gary

Enjoy it Andy, we just got back from a 65 mile ride to and from a hillclimb. Kind of excessive for a race that lsted 3 1/2 minutes but it was a good group ride and finished with a 10 minute ferry ride and a cruise along the prom observing the 10 mph limit. Off for a Thai Red curry for refuelling. Ain't life grand ;-0

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"How bad can it be?" - SimpleS

My God, that's a long time to stare at a basement wall! How do you plan to keep your sanity? DVD's?TV? I tried this this past summer when my wife was away and I had the kids to myself for several days.I lost my marbles ( and all feeling in my crotch) after 2.5 hours.Let me know your tricks as I may have to do this again in the future.

Did you rent some good DVD's or Tivo some shows? That's the only way I can go over 3 hours. Check if Discover channel or History has something interesting on. Last week, Parko, PI, got me through 2.5 hours. Have fun!

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56-11...the only way to fly

use www.cycling.tv

Crash videos, MP3, vivid imagination. One tip is no tear jerker movies; its hard to keep your cadence up when you're sobbing :-).

You are nuts ! 100 inside! give me rain and wind .


Thom I will pray for you .ha ha

Good luck with that. I hate the trainer. My personal record is two Spinervals DVDs in a row then my mind went numb.

GT--Thanks for that link. I have a monitor right in front of the CT, and this will be a nice break when HBO lets me down (most times), and it is an "endurance
session".

Got any other good ".TV" channels are there around?

yeah, I love that site

since I dont own a TV (they are evil), makes for good trainer workout distractions

dude, i'm lucky if i make it through half a spinerval DVD!

Hi Andypants...100 miles on a trainer sounds boring...I do wish you luck and fun...

S

i thought you said you liked the trainer!!! =)

Oh Ms. AndyPants I hope you made it. I managed a run (a first in a long time) in this wonderful but warm rain.

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"There's good all around you, you just have to be able to see it".

you're nuts!

What I would do is go into a room with no windows, no outside light, no TV, no radio no nothing...start riding and turn off the lights....six hours later you walk out 5 pounds lighter and look as if you just walked from the jungle....fun...(yes I have done this)

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

did you follow that up with posting on slowtwitch record? :P

Good for you, K, glad to hear you're back out there...

To all, thanks, your thoughts came through loud and clear as I did my 5h30min ride on the trainer, with 3hrs solid in the big ring, and with only one 3min break to reload my water/gatorade bottles and a quick pee. Glad I rode inside too, it was DISGUSTING outside for my 30min off-bike run. BLECH! Even stranger, in an effort to fake some "heat", I rode under the furnace vent and wore a toque and long sleeve jersey. Am I insane? Apparently so.

How did I do it? MP3 player loaded up with kick-ass tunes. Solving math problems in my head, like pacing. Coming up with a crazy idea to have my friends and family sign my bike (aerobars, stem, seatpost and fork) so I can read their messages while racing). Oh yeah and thinking about breathing and scraping mud/rolling the barrel.

I figure if I can handle this training, mentally, then I can handle the three loop bike course ;-)

AP

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"How bad could it be?" - SimpleS

That is AWESOME!!! It's got to be WAY for mentally grueling doing 5:30 alone on a trainer than doing an IM course with changing scenery and people.

You just won a huge mental battle!!!

STUD

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I'll be what I am
A solitary man

Thank yah, thank yah very much... The cold beer in my hand tastes pretty fine I must say.

So now I've got to spray paint the Profile Design logo off my aerobars to give folks room to sign, I think I'll get one of those super-perma silver pens. Any one have any ideas on what I should do about my fork (carbon)? Should I just get them to sign then spray a coat of clear over it?

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"How bad could it be?" - SimpleS

stud is non-gender based. she is a stud.

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I recall a Lon Haldeman story of how he would train for RAAM by riding the rollers in his garage for 8 hours...in the dark!