weather in your neck of the woods?

[Brandi]

We have had no rain here in California for some time now. Our temps have been kinda chilly in the mornings around the low 40's but afternoons have been in the high 60's. I know my friends in Iowa have been blessed with really good weather too as well as in Virginia. What is up with winter? I am going camping before it goes away!

[missjean]

It's quite mild here in southern NH, 42* right now, about 10* above normal. It looks like it'll stay above normal for the rest of the week. Good for riding, which I will do shortly, but the ski areas are hurting.
I like a nice cold, brisk winter with snow, so this winter has been a let down for xc skiing so far, but, I do like the lower heating bill!

[Crankin]

Pretty much the same here. It was 44 today, partly sunny. I went on a 4 mile hilly hike. I sorely need a mental break from riding. Yesterday was 54 and when I was riding, I saw as many cyclists as in the summer.
I want snow.

[Pax]

Mid 40's here in IL, it should be snowing and in the 20's OR clear skies with single digits at this time of year. Really odd, but I'm loving it.

[Catrin]

Pretty much the same here. It was 44 today, partly sunny. I went on a 4 mile hilly hike. I sorely need a mental break from riding. Yesterday was 54 and when I was riding, I saw as many cyclists as in the summer.
I want snow.

Same here, pretty much. I had my 7 mile hike yesterday, today I rode for awhile. It was nice..as tempting as it is to ride every day the temps are warm enough, I've decided that since it is winter that I won't ride outside more than once a week. It is the time of the year to do other things, like hiking mountain bike trails - but sometimes it is just too hard to resist my Gunnar's seductive glances

[climbergirl]

Mid-30s the last day or two, 45 on Friday! And mid-40s again at least through Tuesday or so here in Minnesota, which, well, I'm a recent transplant, but even *I* know this is NOT normal!

Went on an 11-mile ride yesterday on the "snow/commuter" bike and it was gorgeous! Hoping to get another ride in tomorrow or Tuesday before more snow comes and/or it cools down again!

Honestly, though, all the abnormal weather does have me a little worried, in the bigger sense of things...

[nscrbug]

Same story here, too. I'm in IL...western burbs of Chicago, and we've really only had 2 weekends that I considered "unsuitable" for riding. We rode 40 miles this morning...it was pretty darn cold at the start (24 degrees), but when we finished it was almost comfortable. Yesterday, we rode 56 miles. This is the first January ever, since I started cycling seriously, that I have ever ridden in. I am sort of starting to feel like I could use a mental break from cycling. I'm worried that I might start to get burned out pretty soon. Not that I'm wishing for a blizzard or anything like that...maybe just enough for a couple of weeks off.

[smittykitty]

Beautiful, sunny, 50 degrees. Great day for a ride. If only we didn't both have terrible colds Bummer to give up such a great day, but we both decided it just wasn't a good day for us to be on our bikes. We wouldn't have had a good ride. Darn.

[Catrin]

... I am sort of starting to feel like I could use a mental break from cycling. I'm worried that I might start to get burned out pretty soon. Not that I'm wishing for a blizzard or anything like that...maybe just enough for a couple of weeks off.

This is why I am limiting my outdoor riding right now. I still spin, but I don't want to burn out close to spring Of course my healing whiplash injury helps me to "be good" since I want to be able to get fully back into the swing of things come spring.