I rode on a trainer for the first time ever yesterday. It took a little while to get the trainer (CycleOps Fluid 2) set up properly, but once it was, it was sooo easy to keep the spin in zone 1-2. What a relief! No more wind and hills on easy ride days.
I watched "Master and Commander" which was good because it kept my mind off the fact that I was staring at a wall. Also, I think it would have been hard to keep up any kind of intensity on the trainer because you don't have any motivation. ("What, no hill? Why bother going into Z4?") So for the easy days the trainer works great, and it might work well for short sprint internals (a la a coached spin workout, maybe with a spin training DVD), but I don't think I'd enjoy doing longer hard training rides on the trainer.
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yeah. mind bogglingly boring riding a trainer w/out a DVD to watch. or some other form of diversion....
i did my two hours last night. blearghhhhhh boring.
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