Today's ride

[kelownagirl]

1 hour on the trainer, zone 1 and 2. Listened to Our Miss Brooks and some rocking good music on my ipod.

[withm]

My TE cold weather package just arrived yesterday so I went out to test the new gear. It was about 38-40o but with NNW winds 27-30KT (which translates to even higher numbers when you measure it in MPH.) The ocean was, well, how we say, "disorganized."

I was plenty warm enough though I after my prelininary spin around the block to get everything adjusted, returned home to add my neoprene ear warmer to the new Smartwool balaclava. That wind was just brutal. My new Louis Garneau lobster gloves worked great, but the fingers are too long and it made it hard to shift or push up my glasses, or adjust the mirror. That and I missed the end of the plastic thingy that attaches the gloves to each other so it was poking me. Finally found it and made it go away. I think I'm just going to see if I can't shorten the fingers on my sewing machine. Has anyone ever done this with gloves? The index finger is just too long, and the remaining finger part needs to be rounded off a bit. It has a long almost square edge on the mitten part where your middle finger is. It's got to go. Sheesh. The Louis Garneau glove liners are nice though. Same size and the fingers are just the right length. I only did 15 miles due to the wind - would have stayed out longer but those gusts were brutal at that temperature.

[Trek420]

I went to the dojo, worked out over an hour and a half (normal class) and dayuhm am I sore and stiff. I've lost all kinds of flexibility, range of motion as well as which foot is right or left.

Then went to the LBS to pick up the mixte.