I woke up grumpy, and after biting the head off my poor bf over nothing, I decided I needed to ride before work. Jeez, it was cold out. I thought the weather man said it was above freezing, but every frozen puddle said he lied. I decided I couldn't do my easy route, since I knew one hill would be too icy to climb. So, I went north instead.

The ride just didn't feel anything but hard the whole time, like my brake was rubbing, but it wasn't. It was a beautiful, sunny, clear day. Don't know what was up with me, other than I was really cold, and the wind was from a hard direction (headwind on every hill, yadda, yadda, yadda).

As soon as I got home, since I was so slow on the ride I was now rushing to get to work, I jumped in a hot shower right away. I've never experienced this before, but I guess my extremities were too cold for the moderately hot water, and I turned bright red, kind of like heat rash, and got this weird creepy crawly feeling. It was pretty horrible. Next time, I'll let myself warm up a little first.

20 freezing miles. Not my most favorite ride, but I felt better when it was over!