This blog is dedicated to my new road bike Scott Foil 40 that I pre-ordered on October 22, 2011. The delivery was in March 2012 and from spring 2012 onward I try to blog monthly on this bike and on riding on it.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Cycling year 2011 is over for me
The 2011 cycling year is over for me though some enthusiasts still are riding. Yesterday I was in Riga, the capital of Latvia (240 km south from Tartu), it was nice +7oC and I saw several cyclists still training, however, in Tartu the weather is already bad for cycling, indeed. My year 2011 final milage is over 3000 km (over 2000 by the road bike and the 1000 by MTB), I am rather happy with this effort. I know that the "serious" cycling enthusiasts ride annually 5000-6000 km but the 3000 km sounds also OK for me. During the last two weeks I suffered from a sub-acute virus infection, common for this season of the year and could not train. Well, actually I could but I did not want to take any health risks. Now I hope there will be snow soon and I can start cross country skiing. The aim for XC skiing is something 200 km, mostly in classic style. Let's see, there is no snow yet. And to be honest, XC skiing is for me just only fun and nothing else, unlike the biking that is for me a challenge.