Yes, the ride today was a bit chilly.
My toes are still cold and they hurt.
I hear they make boot like
things to wear on your feet...lol.
If not for the exercise at least
some bragging rights to say
that I made it out in this weather.
Stupidity comes to mind, but it
didnt at first. Come on, its a bike
ride - nothing stupid about that.
Did you get out to ride today????? I hope you did as it was cold,12 deg when I left, but it was cool. My daughter loves the camera - but we need to make sure she holds the camera steady. I was just heading out for a lap in the park. It seemed to take about 4-5 miles to just get the core temp up a bit. Some off road, mainly on road - one heck of a day. The after picture would have been less optimistic - I had the classic frozen snot all over that mask and I could barely walk once I got off the bike. The looks from people on the street getting to the park was priceless. Yeah, I am hardcore....lol.
What was really neat was the ride through the 3 foot deep snow at the ski area. They had all the snow makers running at full tilt. I stoped to talk with one of the guys working on one of them and he was glad that the weather was like this...I am too. My entrance back into CC skiing starts this winter - thanks to Neil, Jay and it seems everyone else I ride with in the summer...ahhh, the fellowship lives on.
The ride back home was less than enjoyable. That pit-stop at the snow machine cost me valuable heat and my little toes were numb - i need the boot things. Every mile seemed slower and slower. I tried to set goals - just make it to the next turn, just make it over the next hill ... and so on. I was afraid to go down hills as the heat loss was worse. Frozen snot, frozen tears, frozen sweat in my jacket crinkled and cracked as I moved. Was it worth all this? Oh yeah, every bone chilling mile. With a few extra miles here and there - a pit stop at Dunn Bros for a hot cup of java juice - 22 miles never felt harder to complete. So yes it was cold - but really cool!
My toes are still cold and they hurt.
I hear they make boot like
things to wear on your feet...lol.
If not for the exercise at least
some bragging rights to say
that I made it out in this weather.
Stupidity comes to mind, but it
didnt at first. Come on, its a bike
ride - nothing stupid about that.
Did you get out to ride today????? I hope you did as it was cold,12 deg when I left, but it was cool. My daughter loves the camera - but we need to make sure she holds the camera steady. I was just heading out for a lap in the park. It seemed to take about 4-5 miles to just get the core temp up a bit. Some off road, mainly on road - one heck of a day. The after picture would have been less optimistic - I had the classic frozen snot all over that mask and I could barely walk once I got off the bike. The looks from people on the street getting to the park was priceless. Yeah, I am hardcore....lol.
What was really neat was the ride through the 3 foot deep snow at the ski area. They had all the snow makers running at full tilt. I stoped to talk with one of the guys working on one of them and he was glad that the weather was like this...I am too. My entrance back into CC skiing starts this winter - thanks to Neil, Jay and it seems everyone else I ride with in the summer...ahhh, the fellowship lives on.
The ride back home was less than enjoyable. That pit-stop at the snow machine cost me valuable heat and my little toes were numb - i need the boot things. Every mile seemed slower and slower. I tried to set goals - just make it to the next turn, just make it over the next hill ... and so on. I was afraid to go down hills as the heat loss was worse. Frozen snot, frozen tears, frozen sweat in my jacket crinkled and cracked as I moved. Was it worth all this? Oh yeah, every bone chilling mile. With a few extra miles here and there - a pit stop at Dunn Bros for a hot cup of java juice - 22 miles never felt harder to complete. So yes it was cold - but really cool!
