Second week of November in the Arizona high country. Living close by a ranging national forest and what geologists call a `transitional zone.' Prescott is a smallish town on the edge a growing metropolitan area both east and north of us.
Nights are cold and dark. Days are typically sunny and warm. If and when it snows it tends to melt away within a day or three.
Gone are the days when starting a training ride at 7:30am promised 70 degree temps, pushing into the 90's by midday.
Hill training several times a week for two or three hours. Following loops into the national forest and back. In the gym cross-training for several hours a couple of times a week. One or two long rides into, through and out the other side of the forest every week.
Outdoor training includes both front and rear wheel recumbents, and the upright Airborne Zeppelin ti bike. Indoor training includes Concept 2 indoor rower, the elliptical and a recumbent bike on the LeMond Revolution indoor trainer. Calisthenics, situps, pushups and pullups.
Consolidation, strength and balance are the training goals for the cold months.
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