Dread

Dread.  That's the best word to describe how I was feeling about exercise in general today.  It was the last thing I wanted to do.  Sure, it was sunny outside, but the wind was howling like you wouldn't believe.  It kept people up at night last night, it was so bad.  It was a great excuse, and I didn't even need to make it up!!

But given the choice of going in the (unfinished) basement and slugging away at an exercise tape, or the treadmill, or on my trainer..........the wind couldn't be all that bad, right?

So I bundled up, and reasoned to myself that it could be crazy windy on ride day, so I'd better train in it just in case.

As is almost always the case, it wasn't bad once I was out there.  I was dressed warm enough, and that made all the difference.

I did hill training.  Basically just circuits of hills over and over again.  I only did 18 miles (30KM) of riding, but half of it was climbing.  And to make it more of a challenge, I did it all in my big chain ring.

And once I was done, I was soooooo glad I went.  :-)