L'Eroica Dreams

That’s my typical experience in training. Or, rather, my experience with resuming training after the fits and starts and layoffs, mostly the latter, of the winter months. I’ve read that we’re programmed to build fat over the winter because we know that spring brings longer days, perfect for our hunter/gatherer impulses.

In the modern context, spring seems to be the time when we begin to worry about our evolutionary selves and the ring that forms around our middle. In the case of L’Eroica, it’s looking forward to a daunting, but beautiful ride. The daunting part is what accounts for sore and tired in the morning.

My own regimen has been a mix of health club activities in the dark, wet months of our Pacific Northwest winter, combining on-bike rides as the days lengthen and the rain abates. If I ever get to that project where I illustrate my activities on graph paper a la Edward Tufte, I’ll try to post it here. In the mean time, it’s your chance to tell me what to do.