Trainer days

See this muddy river? It's not supposed to be there. It's been raining non-stop for days and the desert can't handle the water, it just runs off the hard surface.

I was hoping to avoid the trainer until January, but with washed out roads and muddy trails, there aren't a lot of choices. Tuesday morning Bill & I tried to make it to Blue Diamond for a ride, but that's when we discovered the road to Red Rocks and beyond is washed out. Instead we did our 10 minute sprints behind my house on the dirt roads, in the rain, in the dark.

If I didn't have a race 10 weeks from now, I'd just hibernate. But summer is just around the corner!

I've been getting caught up on podcasts while I ride the trainer:

Dirtbag Diaries (Great stories and always great music)(this is where I've been finding all of my new music lately, such as the Faunts)

RadioLab (Great stories and always great music)

This American Life (Great stories from Ira Glass)

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me (Great way to catch up on current events, in a funny way)

Stuff You Should Know (Great way to learn about really random topics)