Another freezing cold day. Right after a couple of lovely warm days – during which I had a daylight schedule full of sales meetings and could not take advantage of the opportunity to go outside without freezing my poor little feet.

So back inside i found myself. Back on the trainer/spin bike. To change it up a little, I rode a different bike. The one closest to the windows. Sounds like it might be a nice change, but the reality was that I spent the first 20 minutes trying to get comfortable. To stretched out, feet not in the right place – it just felt odd.

But since i had 1 hour and 30 minutes to get comfy, I made it work.

I wanted to quit at 35 minutes. Then at 45 minutes I had myself convinced that I should just ride for an hour. At 50 minutes I was definitely done. At one hour i thought that I might be able to do 1:15 and that would be pretty good. At 1:05 I couldn’t possibly make it to 1:10. At 1:10 I thought that maybe if I stood for another 5 minutes that I could probably make it to 1:20. Once I actually got to 1:20, I knew there was no backing down. I was fully committed to those 90 minutes on the $%@&^!!! inside bike.

It wasn’t easy. But all those times that I wanted to quit, I made myself think about riding outside and wanting to be fast not slow. I thought about a possible upcoming trip and how I’d rather be able to hang than hang up the cleats. Really though, I am so ready for commuting season and outside riding season. I’m thankful for my gym membership and the fancy bikes with the tv’s and my iphone that lets me check my friends Facebook status from the bike – but i’d love a little bit more excitement on these longish training days.