The mercury is falling, the dark is rising, and next summer suddenly seems a long way off – at least for us northern hemisphericals.
Gone are dawn rides in a warming sun; gone are evening commutes in the final rays of the day. Instead, darkness.
If you had already begun tutting, even shaking your head as you read, I’m going to guess that’s what you plan to do – in fact it’s what you do every winter. There is, after all, no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes, and what is rain if not just a bit of water?
Sometimes this is out of sheer necessity – getting to work, for example. The boss isn’t going to view your decision to take four months off on the basis that ‘it’s a bit chilly’ with much sympathy.
Emerging from the blocks in March with your FTP intact after a winter of indoor training will allow you to enjoy those long – and slow if you wish – rides to their full and sunniest extent, unencumbered by heavy winter clothing and all the rest of it.
