I saw this picture Gilberto Simoni winning the Monte Zoncolon stage of the '03 Giro d'Italia on velonews.com, and my heart rate jumped 10 beats. Maybe it's the snow outside. Maybe it's that race season seems so far away. Maybe it's that I'm not that motivated to train lately. But this picture just reminds me how much I love racing my bike. No, I've never won a mountaintop finish with thousands cheering and pushing me on, but this picture is what I have in mind while I'm deep into my Walter Mitty frame of mind while climbing Blue Hills, or Mt Washington.
Or, maybe it's just the idea that you can put on a jersey, shorts and shoes and ride, rather than spend 20 minutes layering up.
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