Riding indoors

I’ve been looking forward to the changing seasons; the time of year when I spend more time riding indoors. I know many people hate riding in one place, but for me its a nice change of pace. After a few weeks of “taking it easy” with no pre-defined workouts, riding my rollers is a nice transition back into real training. They give me a break from cars and wind, a chance to watch some movies and catch up on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and the opportunity for longer, steady paced rides that are hard to do on mountain roads. Not to say I prefer my rollers to riding outdoors, but in Southern Colorado never too much time passes without some sunny, dry days.
 
Of course there will be snowshoeing and backcountry xc-skiing. Probably not much skate skiing, but there are groomed trails in New Mexico a couple hours drive from here. I may finally check those out. Or I could make a trip to Craftsbury for a skate ski intensive.
 
Mostly, I’m looking forward to a few months of little travel, lots of work, and hibernating at home on my rollers and local forest trails; putting as few miles on the Jetta as possible.