Most of us have long heard training in the cold burns more energy, necessitating greater caloric intake to maintain performance. My own ravenous appetite after cold-weather training only seemed to reinforce this.
While my first race of the season is still distant on the horizon, the time to start getting ready has come. The unseasonably warm December weather has been great for getting in hours on the bike
Life in the Dominican Republic is surprisingly fast paced. I expected the laid back surfing town of Cabarete to slow me down with pina coladas on the beach every day, but the rooster had other plans.
Already missing the extended-fall conditions we were having in Colorado until recently. The unseasonably-warm weather was great for exploring the high country and, my latest off-the-bike activity, mountain climbing.