After a warm and successful trip in Argentina for the Tour de San Luis, it was a bit of a shock to be back in winter upon arriving in Colorado.  Although as is the norm in Boulder, its been pretty balmy.  Some snow on the ground and cold but not much to stop you from training like normal.  Until today!  Too cold even to get out on the snow bike!   The bike that goes nowhere isnt so fun (the indoor trainer).  Oh well.  At least I was a little inspired by my teammate Elia Viviani’s win in the Giro di Calabria over in Italy (also very cold and wintery).  I think the only people avoiding the cold are the racers in Qatar and Oman at the moment.  Ill be heading over to Europe next week before my first races of the season on the Continent, the GP Lugano and GP Insurbia in Switzerland.  Im guessing it will also be cold there ha ha.

In the meantime, Ive gotten to check on the progress of our new house.  Pretty exciting as were on the finishing stretch now.  The fireplace is done, and now the tile and flooring is going in.  Im hoping ill conveniently be in europe racing when we have to move in, and miss out on all the heavy lifting!

Our new house, on the finishing stretch but a bit buried at the moment