38 miles, the usual Friday route with the usual crew. We delayed starting by an hour because they thought it was going to be too cold (40 F at our usual start time ) - granted all my woolies are in Ohio, too! But it warmed up MUCH faster than I'd expected. I left my hat, toe covers and the sleeves to my Vagabond jacket at my doorstep. By the time I'd gone the 4-1/2 miles to the meeting point, I took the vest off too (barely room for it in a jersey pocket). With my long-sleeve jersey, knee warmers and full-finger gloves, I wasn't over-warm, but I definitely could've gone with less, since it warmed up to over 60 by the time we got back.

The ride itself just hurt. Yeah, I'm still getting over being sick, but I wasn't this slow last week! I was actually taking a little bit longer pulls, but I had trouble maintaining more than about 20 mph. There was a little headwind, but not that much. Then I managed to tweak my knee at a stop sign late in the ride.

After the ride I hopped on the commuter bike to go to the acupuncture doctor for my ears. Between the treatment and the ride, I spent the rest of the day with my ears just draining like mad. Yuk, TMI