ornoth_cycling | 2012: Part 1

A quick summary of the 2012 season, since I haven’t written a damned thing this year…

In January and February I did nothing. Only a couple indoor trainer sessions. No desire. In March, I got out for a Quad ride and a couple commutes during a mid-month heat wave. 120 miles.

April started out butt, but I got a few rides in, including a nice, memorable ride from Worcester to Barre for a retreat (GPS log); and a memorable but-not-nice cold and rainy ride back. Plus a couple commutes and Quad rides. 240 miles.

In May, my desire returned and I really started training, which included 4 serious Quad rides (including going long or the hills of Trapelo and Page/Grove), 6 commutes, and soloing my first visit to the ECV’s Tour d’Essex County century (much more on that in a bit). 530 miles.

Now it’s June. I’ve broken 1,000 miles for the year and the Plastic Bullet is quickly approaching its 20,000-mile milestone. My desire is clearly back, and I’m feeling pretty strong, despite the long winter layoff. On the other hand, I’m still having some mixed results regarding age, strength, and stamina.

This is a big month, but today (Saturday) I’m stuck indoors thanks to a big rainstorm which also threatens to wipe out tomorrow’s planned long training ride. That’s bad, because I only have one more weekend to train before the arduous, early-season 130-mile Outriders ride to Provincetown. And the following weekend I’m thinking about doing the CRW’s 120-mile Cape in a Day ride! So if this weekend is a washout, I’m hoping it’ll be fair next weekend, so I can do 70 miles between Portland and Augusta on back-to-back days while visiting. On verra.

The one thing good thing about this rain is that it gives me time to get my PMC fundraising started. That, too, is an important part of the month of June each year. Bisy Backson!

So, to make time for that (and to complete my forthcoming writeup of the Tour d’Essex County century), I stop now. More shortly!