How Was Your Commute Today?

[Melalvai]

I was passed by a JOGGER!!
When I realized I'd just been passed by a jogger, I stepped it up a little, pulled up alongside him, and said "Are you trying to shame me??"

He looked a little scared, and apologetically said "I'm just trying to get my run in" (it was nice still yesterday afternoon, it's turning cold right now). Poor guy.

It was up a steep hill, and I take the hills easy. I have an extra small granny gear that lets me get up any hill. It might take a year of Sundays to do it, but I'll get there without having to get off and walk, or even break a sweat.

Still, that is the first time I've been passed by a jogger!

[Crankin]

Hey, both DH and I were passed by a rollerblader going up Oak Hill (4 miles) in Harvard, MA. This is a well known training hill for cyclists and I heard the guy coming and thought he was another rider, since he had a helmet on. He wasn't a young guy, either. I thought OK, I'm just a slow old lady (I was going maybe 8-9 mph), but when DH told me the guy had passed him, too ( a pretty strong rider), I thought, hmm, there must be something wrong with us!
I'm like you, I will get up just about anything, but slowly. Your story made me laugh.

[blackhillsbiker]

Cold. Very cold. 20°F

Deb

[Biciclista]

i rode on monday but i'm not certain i will ride again this week as it has gotten very cold here (30's, with frost on bridges and car windows)
Monday there was a light cold misty rain going to and from work. brrr.


keep riding ladies!

[lph]

Cold here too! -9 deg C going in, about -7 C going home. Beautiful clear sky, huge white moon, thin streaky clouds. Left work early to bike a detour home with a friend, stopped to feed some cheeky ducks and aloof swans, and chat with the local lonely lady who could tell us all about the swans' family life.

Not my best day at work, but sweet nonetheless