What a difference a few days can make. Friday it was 32’F for my entire ride, and snowing.. Sunday there was blue skies and 50’F..now this is a nice day for February.
I had to work all Saturday, so on Sunday I was definitely ready for a longer ride.
I tried out a new route… headed east at first thru some small villages and then cut south down and around Petworth… I don’t know if it was the weather or the new roads but it was brilliant. My legs though were a bit worn down from the previous week..
I leave on Friday and will not touch my bike until earliest Tuesday next week…so I decided to push thou this last few days…maybe not the smartest thing…but as long as I don’t get sick, or push too hard.
Sunday afternoon I took a nap, or tired….my plan was to try and get some rest before watching the 11:30pm kickoff time for the Superbowl. I don’t watch much football anymore, but when your home team reached the final…I’ll give it a go.
At halftime around 1:30am I Seattle was down 3 to 7, and I didn’t have much desire to sit though the entire halftime show, so I went to bed. I didn’t want to waste the entire next day, I had planned to at least get a short ride in.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Saturday, February 04, 2006
burrrr....ahhhhh
It’s cold. Today’s ride was at 32’F and when I stopped out I realized it was actually snowing…oh well…beats the rain they have back in Seattle. Lucky for me the ride starts with a gradual uphill for the first 18min…so plenty time to warm up.
I was feeling great, nice and warm, my only concern was how long I could make it before my toes started getting cold…1 hour later I new I would be miserable.
I had an 3hours ride planed…and the last hour was pretty cold, not just my feet but fingers to…but by them home was in sight…only 60 minuets, 45, 30…20(and 15 if I push it) I kept telling myself . Other problems included a broken stay on my front fender, but I decided to ignore that one…hopefully it won’t break of and jam into the wheel….
My water bottle started getting “slushy”.. and would freeze. I tried to shake it around and melt the mouth piece with my breath, that only worked twice…and then just as I was loosing the feeling in my toes (60min) from home the entire bottle tuned solid.
Even with the cold and icy snow cutting into my face it was a pretty good ride…Hey, I got out on my bike, in daylight..and no rain…..that’s a lot better then most this time of year.
I was feeling great, nice and warm, my only concern was how long I could make it before my toes started getting cold…1 hour later I new I would be miserable.
I had an 3hours ride planed…and the last hour was pretty cold, not just my feet but fingers to…but by them home was in sight…only 60 minuets, 45, 30…20(and 15 if I push it) I kept telling myself . Other problems included a broken stay on my front fender, but I decided to ignore that one…hopefully it won’t break of and jam into the wheel….
My water bottle started getting “slushy”.. and would freeze. I tried to shake it around and melt the mouth piece with my breath, that only worked twice…and then just as I was loosing the feeling in my toes (60min) from home the entire bottle tuned solid.
Even with the cold and icy snow cutting into my face it was a pretty good ride…Hey, I got out on my bike, in daylight..and no rain…..that’s a lot better then most this time of year.
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