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Friday, July 23, 2004
Indoor Tour de France
I've got a bike trainer in my basement. The trainer is a small stand that sits under the back wheel of my bike. As I pedal, the wheel spins and the trainer provides some resistance.
Normally I use the trainer a couple of times a week. A short session -- say 30 minutes -- is enough to break a good sweat and give my legs some work.
But sitting on the trainer is boring....except during the Tour de France.
Wednesday morning, I sat on the trainer for 90 minutes, watching live coverage of the time trial on L'Alpe D'Huez.
Jorgen Rostrup has been doing the same thing. A report on his web page says he's been watching all of the TV coverage of the TDF, some of the time while on a trainer.
I'm sure lots of cyclists are doing the same thing. Here is a note from Eric Buckley's training log:
Moderate tempo while watching the L'Alpe d Huez TT. Matched my cadence to whoever was on TV. Since I wasn't shifting, that meant I worked a lot harder when Lance was on the screen. Surprisingly, Ullrich was pedalling a bit faster than Basso.
Tomorrow is another time trial. My training plan is to start the day with 90 minutes on the trainer watching the live coverage.
