With a Little Help from My Friends

I do, indeed, get by with a little help from my friends. So, I'll ask for some of that now. I've been realizing that easy riding for the year has gone past. I've been dealing with dark mornings, and now dark evenings. Now the mountains are powdered white with snow. Anyway, I don't want to totally let this little record of my riding hibernate, but I'm not sure what I should write about until I can get riding again (like February in St. George).

Should I write about skiing, which is largely my cross-training for cycling? Should I talk about the frustrations of having to drive more, even if the price of gas is dropping like the stock market? Would you read about my lusting after new gear and bikes? Is some strange mixture of all of those reasonable? I'd talk about indoor training, but my trainer broke in storage this summer. (That reminds me: I should probably try to find a replacement resistance unit for that.) I could talk about using the NordicTrac, my only other cardio, off-season training, but there's only so much to say about staring at the basement walls while iTunes pumps out marginally motivational exercise music. Maybe I'll get the motivation to try the Graeme Street videos that I ordered a few years ago to increase my core strength, flexibilty, and general fitness; I guess I could write about that if I can find the motivation to do it.

"Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?" No, wait, that's Charlie Brown's line. Isn't there anybody who can tell me what to do with a cycling blog during the dark, cold winter months? This is where you, whatever readers I may have, act as my loyal Linus and declare, "Sure, Lanterne Rouge Rider, I can tell you what a cycling blog should be about during the dark, cold winter months." You don't even have to step on stage, or say, "Lights please." You can just tell me in a comment what you would want to read.