December 28th rides

[Crankin]

I haven't been on the bike outside since the 6th, but today is 58 degrees out. Too bad it's cloudy, the roads are full of muck and puddles, and earlier there were wind gusts up to 45.
As a compromise (between going out for a 20 mile ride or hiking) we rode the Jamis' to Trader Joe's and bought a couple of items we can only get there. A whopping 7.4 miles round trip, but about 1.5 miles is a serious climb. The wind had died down on the return trip and the only place it felt cold was when we rode by open fields of snow where the cold seemed to be blowing right off the snow onto me.

If it's at least 35 tomorrow morning, I will ride to yoga, but I have a feeling this was my last ride of the year.

[cycling_sarah]

I did a 22.13 mile ride with DH on the CX bikes. Very soggy and foggy. I don't know why I bother with all my reflective gear when car drivers can't be bothered to turn on their lights!! Otherwise, fun ride!

[malkin]

We did about 13 miles on the tandem. The temp was just around 30 and the sides of the road are still pretty mucky with slush piles, but traffic is generally very light on Sundays so we ventured out.

We got cold and wet and hit a treacherous patch of bumpy ice, but by miracle or skill we didn't fall. We're really proud of our riding and celebrating with a bit of Yellow Label.

The bike is in the living room for a wipe down, and the new Brooks bar tape got its first schmear of Proofide. Every time one of us walks by it, we stroke the bars or saddles and hiss, "the preciousssssss."

[OakLeaf]

DH and I went out for an easy (for me) 25. He's still searching for the right saddle for his road bike. I took the opportunity to work on my spin, but my stupid cadence sensor isn't working. Grrrr. It's not the battery - I think the sensor unit has gone kaput, have to call Garmin in the morning. I can get my distance from mapmyride and figure the average speed from there, didn't even put on the HRM for tooling around (but I can live without that for cycling too), but I NEED my cadence monitor. Arrrgh.

Then I went for a run just so I could get a workout. It was supposed to be my long run day, but since it was kindasorta a brick which I don't normally do, I kept it short.

It was a beautiful day. I turned over 3500 for the year yesterday.

[malkin]

Congratulations on the round number Oakleaf!

[jesvetmed]

Yay Oakleaf! 3500 sounds great. I should keep track next year and see what kind of milage I actually am doing. I'm sure it's nowhere near that!

Great for all of you for getting out there. Roads are still way too scary here for riding. Only partially plowed, and there is snow and gravel piled everywhere on what should be the white lines and side of the roads. Maybe in about a month!?

Someone ride for me and tell me how it is!