For a Canadian girl who loves to ride anything with two wheels, escaping long months of winter every year to train hasn't been much of a hardship.  This year, again, I'm accumulating base miles in California.  After about a decade doing this routine, I'm slightly older, slightly wiser, and hungry for something different. I've been taking a different approach to traditional early-season preparation: I am including more cross training intensity-efforts, solid rest sessions and I've added tacos to the meal plan.  Coffee routine is the same. Every day. Without fa...