Holiday/Noel ride today

[Fredwina]

I got in a metric, despite the (for us) gloomy weather:

[smilingcat]

A nice short ride at very slow pace today 26th.

I needed that!

[crazycanuck]

I've never been so happy to get back to my vehicle after a ride...I was really worried that i'd be a burnt crazycanuck once I did get back.... I'm still a bit hazy but after some food & water i'm coming right...

I went the anti clockwise way on a trail today as i needed to know it backwards & forwards off by heart. Perhaps learning these things in the summer isn't such a good idea

I had my dear's GPS with me(he went on a roadie ride) as there are a gazillion ways one can go on the first part of the particular route i was on. It was stop, start, stop, start..oh hey ya that looks familiar, aha! I can navigate..slowly...I only saw 4 people & wondered where everyone else was... It was quite nice but really would have loved to ask someone what the best way to X was...I found it!

I was about 10km from our ute and then realized..agghgh..it's uphill..in the heat... That was one long walk as I had to stop & stand in the little shade there was....Let me get back to my car...good thing I had a lot of water...

35km on the dirt...good thing I did this ride today...I would be in serious trouble if i did it tomorrow...40C!!! I'm staying out of the sun for a day..

[Bike Chick]

Wow, Canuck. Take it easy in the heat. That can really do a number on you in a hurry.

Hope you're recovered well and are resting.

[owlice]

The weather was simply lovely in the DC area today, so after the Christmas-brunch-with-old-friends broke up and I'd cleaned a little, I took a short ride on my usual trail. I had to walk my bike over a particular bridge coming and going because of ice/snow on it, but other than that, other snow/ice, though on the trail, did not present a problem. (That particular bridge is dangerous when just wet, never mind ice and snow!)

The sun set while I was out, and by the time I got back to my car, it was dark, with only the faintest hint of sunset barely glowing in the western sky. The gibbous moon, which was still in the eastern sky when I left home, was nearly overhead when I got home.

I dressed perfectly for the weather, was *very* glad I had on wool socks because my feet got wet (big puddles on the trail, yee-haw!), and was cold only after my ride when driving home.

Last time I rode was Friday before last, before our big snowstorm hit; I really needed, and appreciated, today's ride!

[crazycanuck]

Bike Chick..Thanks I'm ok today but we're having a very quiet day at home away from the heat. I had a mild case of sunstroke yesterday & a long sleep on our bean bag chair helped

Good thing it's not going to be too hot tomorrow..only 36C..

[HillSlugger]

It took until today, December 27, for me to get my first ride outdoors in December. Our weekend weather has been awful all month. In contrast, today it was sunny, temps in the high 30's-low 40's and I got in a nice 22 mile ride. It felt so good to be out there; didn't see any other riders.