I Ride, I Write

I wish this was a post about me taking a bicycle vacation to Italy.

Instead, it’s about me working out on the trainer while watching a DVD.

Because I Ride, I Write is a hugely popular blog – or because someone lucked upon this place with a google search and selected the 47th option on the results list — I was contacted by the makers of Global Ride DVDs.

They offered to send me a DVD to train with and write up a review.

So, as the winter rolls in and I am eventually forced inside for my training, I’ll watch the DVD, crank up the resistance when called for and hit the hills of Italy from the comfort of my living room.

Here’s a description of the DVD from Global Ride:

Enjoy short video clips of magnificent cathedrals and artistry of Italy. Follow that with an extended warm up climb on the Time Trial route of the 2009 Giro d’Italia. The middle climb represents the longest climb in Global Ride DVD history – 30 solid mountain minutes. Finally top off those legs in Switchback hell. Steep and relentless. The cooldown to behind the scenes pics will give an easy finish to one kick a** ride.

Climb on the same road as the 2009 Tour of Italy, Stage 12, that Lance Armstrong called EPIC & Breathtaking.

Sounds like fun.