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It's the warmest day of December here in KY-- mid 50's and very windy. I'm planning on peddaling around town a bit later this afternoon, but right now UK v. Louisville (men's basketball) is on... not that I'm all that into men's basketball, but it's almost a requirement of all Kentuckians to watch this game.
I got out today, but not for as long as I wanted. I had wanted to do about 20 miles (to give me a nice round number to end the year with) on the bike trail. That didn't happen (mom needed my car), so I did loops around the neighborhood. My plan was to go until I got bored (about 8-10 miles, usually). A few things interfered. One, I wasn't anticipating it being 65 degrees. This was a bit of a problem because when I packed to go "home", I packed with the idea that my riding would be done on bike trails and in colder weather. I reserve my less-visible jerseys for the trail, so the most visible thing I had was the heavy sky blue one. Bit much for this weather! (I also managed to forget to bring water, but since I wasn't that far from my house.)
The other thing was the wind. It doesn't say it's that windy, but if the bike starts wobbling...I managed about 5 non-flat (yay!) miles before packing it in. I'm a little bummed about the distance, but I managed 15-16mph with a stiff headwind.
Puts me at about 215 miles for the year. Less than half of what I wanted, but more than twice as much as last year!
I had a beautiful ride and it was 58 degrees! Windy, but I went to my favorite park - the combination of trees/topography generally means the winds are calmer there.
I hit every hill in the park and did fine, though I can tell I've lost a little hill-climbing strength in my protracted recovery period. That wasn't a surprise though - capped my ride at 15 miles since I didn't want to over-do things. It felt glorious to be back on my bike and this gave me a total of 1,827 miles for 2010. Not bad for a beginner who basically spent 3 months off the bike due to injuries.
I'm happy to hear that some of you got out to ride today! :) Unfortunately, the rain came early and heavy, which took care of my plans to ride 41 miles today. Oh well...I'm okay with that. My total mileage for 2010 will end up at 6,959 miles. I'm so very proud of that!
This Hoosier did his first ride in weeks! Ahhhh!
I rode today! Missouri, rain until about 1:30 and then the sun came out. It's the first time I've ridden just for pleasure in a long time! ( As opposed to commuting which I do year round. My students think I am nuts)
Hooray! After some of the coldest Dec. weather NC has had in a while, we had temps in the mid 50s today, and I was able to do 25 miles with a few friends. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the 60s :D I'm hoping I can find time to go out for at least a short ride by myself to welcome the New Year!
It was 60 today in Chapel Hill, and DH and I got out for 12.3 miles. Oh, it felt so good! My last ride before that was Nov. 22, then the bottom dropped out of the temps. Warmest day in weeks! :D
Happy New Year to all of you!!
I've been reading the thread and though I've never had a problem not being able to get out and ride in the winter here I have to say that sometimes it is just toooooo hot for riding. Such as yesterday where it was meant to get to 43C. Being a fatty boom bah I suffer terribly in the heat so I missed riding for the last day of 2010. However I have just clocked up a 50km ride this morning as temps are a bit more manageable today. And what a fabulous year 2011 is going to be!!!
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Happy 2011 to all.
I got out early this morning to beat the heat - it's 37 degrees Celsius here in Canberra today (that's almost 99 degrees farenheit for all you non-metrics). So just a short ride of 26 kms around our lake (16 miles) before escaping home to air conditioning.
And I almost got attacked by a snake! It was on the path with its head raised and as I approached it slithered off the path back into the grass. Phew!
Pootler - you did much better with 50 kms today - how's the temp in Adelaide?