Warm temps apparently ruined all the snow in Ithaca, so going home to LI wasn't as tragic as I might have expected. I didn't realize how long it had been since I'd gone for any sort of training ride or used the rollers...but my legs told me it had indeed been some time after a two hour mtb ride. My legs hadn't felt that heavy for a little while now. All in all, I managed to get out on my mountain bike five times (1.5-2hrs each) and the cross bike twice- riding in nothing but sand. I'm hoping this will pay some dividends when I hit the dirt next fall (and not permanently ruin my drivetrain). In any case, there's some really great singletrack on the island and it sure beats fighting SUV driving "Lawn guy land"ers for space on the shoulder.
I got back to Ithaca yesterday to see a few inches of skiable snow that had just arrived. Looks like I'm going to be classic skiing for the next few days, or at least until the thaw comes and melts it all. Weather.com predicts a high of 55 for Tuesday. Ugh.
For the upcoming road season I guess I'm going to be riding with NorEast Cycling on some kind of "elite" team. Originally I was expecting to be riding on a startup team with a friend from Ithaca College and some other cat 2's, but it seems the effort has been merged with some other cat 2's from NorEast. We allegedly get free kits, a free Orbea Opal frameset (MSRP $2100), and some serious discounts otherwise. I've heard prices to the tune of $650 for a full SRAM Force group. I'm pretty pumped about that...in what other sport can you get so many handouts for doing relatively nothing??? The team is also sponsored by two New Hampshire breweries, so I'm sure there will be associated perks of the drinkable kind. And I almost forgot about the Timberland sponsorship...I can't wait to get pair of workboots and a puffy coat. I'm thinking I'll look pretty sharp in these...
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