Under the Weather, Under the House

Yippee, another cold for me.  The only riding I've been doing is on the trainer in the basement.  The past couple days I have done 45 minute sessions of mild spinning and it seems to have helped my head cold.  The recommendation I frequently read is if your symptoms are above your neck mild exercise is okay.  Below your neck, better not.  I have also read mild exercise can help reduce the duration of a cold as it brings in additional oxygen to promote healing.  Let's see what happens.

Ellen put on my helmet all by herself.

She even buckled the buckle.

Rolling Nowhere

Sunday afternoon arrived and I thought about going for a quick ride around the block.  I looked out the back window and it looked decent enough, the thermometer stuck to the window displayed "39".  I thought for a minute about where I might go as I ate a pre-ride apple.

Five minutes later I did a double take out the same back window that was convincing me to ride; a flurry of wind blown snowflakes was in progress.  Okay... I guess I'll head to the basement.  I watched the final hour of the 2010 Leadville 100 video from aboard the rollers.

Levi won the Leadville while I won the

battle of motivation and rode indoors.