Only a half commute for me today. Hubby called around 4, said he'd be in the area of my office at 5ish...and that it was raining, did I want to be picked up. Yep, low 40's and raining, not my thing. Jumped at that.

But the morning commute was great. Mid-30's when I took off. Have some great Pearl Izumi winter tights, nice wool socks. Nothing too heavy on top, a base layer and a thermal type jersey plus windbreaker. May need to look for warmer gloves tho', fingers a bit chilly.

One big change was I fully aired up my tires. I commute with an "all-trail" hybrid that I've also been taking on dirt trails on weekends. Just got the bike a couple of months ago. Thought the tires said 35-50psi - so been keeping it just under 50 for the commute. Over the weekend, I knew were we going to be on a bit more technical (tho' still beginner-ish) singletrack, and took the air down to 35. When I was pumping it back up, I saw the tires (700c by 45) said 35- 80psi. Oops. Could feel the difference. Either that or I'm getting a bit stronger. Maybe both, but climb some of the hills a gear or two higher than usual, and had a lower heart rate than usual. Maybe a touch of both????

Oh, one question:

In cold weather my eyes water like crazy. Anyone wear goggles? How about goggles over prescription glasses? ANy recommendations, so I don't have tears running down my face the whole way. They're a bit cold!