The end of the endurance training phase beckons for me, just over 2 weeks left. This winter is the hardest I've trained since I started training in earnest 3 years ago. I was always out on the bike but most of the rides were mostly at recovery intensity with the occasional endurance ride thrown in. I've still got a little Christmas weight to shift but as I've ramped up the time on the bike since then I should be in good shape for the next appointment with Dr. Palmer on the 9th of February.
In an effort to get the miles in I've taken to getting up early on a Sunday morning and I'm normally heading back into Warwick as the club rides are going out. It was a chilly ride this morning. The photo below shows the state of my water bottle by the time I had got home, or should I say slush puppy in a bottle.
The valve on the water bottle froze open so that some of the contents spilled onto my bike's down tube and then froze, see below for visual evidence...
The first piece of equipment to fail in the cold was the flash on my camera, hence the blurry picture just before sunrise this morning.
My Garmin then literally froze after 2 hours and 12 minutes, it's recovered now it's back at warmer temperatures. The bike held up to the challenge - apparently it was -4degC this morning!
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