Originally Posted by
guadzilla
I blame it on the early AM ride. Man simply wasnt designed to be doing anything before 10am other than lie in bed. All you early-riser types are freaks, I tell you. Freaks.
Nope, we're smart guys. We have a group that meets every day during the week at 0545 for our club ride, all year long, winter, rain, snow etc. Everybody's home by 0700, and our wives love it, as we're not ditching them in the evening. Not only do we hold great fitness all year long, there's not much traffic and we're also prepped for early endurance rides as well.
Some guys join us for half the ride and then commute on to work.
In the heat of summer, we'll start a 200k at 0400 to "beat the heat" and it works out great. We can ride it, be home for lunch, and have the rest of the day free.
So HTFU and get your sorry arse out of bed earlier. A couple weeks is all it takes to get up to speed.