January Review...

The Last Few weeks of Training. This being my last week of preparation phase before i begin Base 1 training next week, i thought it would be wise to reflect on how i've done the last month. With the training plan that i wrote for myself, i have seen my consistency increase greatly with at least 3 or 4 workouts a week while averaging 5 hours a week. This might not seem much but is a huge improvement. My biggest gains in fitness will merely come from the consistent efforts i put into my training.

Base 1 is very similar to the prep phase but with an extra hour of work each week and more time on the bike. This however might be governed by the weather here. I don't really want to spend too much time on the indoor trainer. By mid to late February, i am hoping to start commuting to work when the days get longer and hopefully above freezing temperatures.

Wind Warning

Warnings

South Okanagan - including Penticton
3:34 PM PST Tuesday 24 January 2012
Wind warning for
South Okanagan - including Penticton issued

Wind gusts expected to reach 90 km/h late this afternoon through this evening over the South Okanagan.
Currently strong winds are being generated over parts of the southern interior ahead of the weather system. Wind gusts reaching 90 km/h are forecast for late this afternoon through this evening over the South Okanagan. As the system passes through the interior overnight, winds of 70 km/h gusting to 90 are expected to develop in its wake for the Fraser Canyon. The winds will abate through Wednesday morning. 

Todays Ride

Jan 21st 2012

Pitbull - International Love

 Music video by Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown performing International Love.
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The worst of it

So up until now, winter has avoided us pretty well and we have been enjoying some above average temperatures that have been allowing us to get out and about. However today (18th January, 2012) has been the coldest of all with the high being at around -13c. Not only did we have the low temperatures, we also had some snow on and off during the day which has made the roads a little scary to drive on.
Coming into town today, i actually had a bit of a scare when i came up to a traffic light and the roads were a little more slippery then i anticipated and had my ABS on my car come on and had my car fishtailing a little. All this happened at a reasonable 30 km/h but when you have someone else in the car, you worry more about them then yourself.
Below is a picture of Downtown Penticton on the 17th January. Today the roads were totally white.

 

Sumac Ridge on the 17th January 2012