April Rides

[emily_in_nc]

Emily, will you be staying in Florida over the summer or do you two plan to do your usual traveling? Honestly, after this winter, I'm wondering if we shouldn't do the snowbird thing.

We hope to travel. It all depends on when I get my braces off. We will be taking some side trips in between my orthodontist appointments in the meantime. Need to visit the parents and hope to do some fun travel as well. We missed out on traveling last summer since I had my accident on April 21, so we only made it from Florida to NC and back all year. Itching to range farther this year, and I do hope we get to!

[ny biker]

NWG, that snow is way too deep!

I felt cold when I left work tonight but it was just shy of 50 degrees so I just stopped thinking about it and rode my bike. Instead I thought about the rides in November and December when I was overdressed because it wasn't really cold. I also went overboard with layers at the start -- vest over my Gore windstopper jacket, Amfib tights, fleecy Gore booties, and a wool neck gaitor for the first time in years. After a few miles I took off the vest and neck gaitor. I had problems with dry eyes, probably from the allergy eye drops, and either my saddle needs to be leveled or I've gained too much weight and my shorts don't fit anymore . Overall it wasn't too cold but I wasn't comfortable for other reasons. So I cut things a bit short, for a total of 12.3 miles. My shortest bike ride in about a year. And probably my slowest.

Despite everything I'm glad I was able to get out and ride. Maybe I can go out again on Sunday.

[Crankin]

Ha, ha, NY. I have decided my athletic humble bragging on FB would sound something like this:
"What a great ride! I rode 12.5 miles, and felt like sh!t the whole time. My head hurt, my eyes were tearing, and my stomach didn't feel too good, either. My speed was comparable to a mountain climb in Spain, although I was probably dressed right for the weather. But, the wind was blowing with occasional 30 mph gusts and I felt like I was riding into it the whole time."

Really, I am so tired of seeing people say things like "I had such a wonderful run, followed by a tough session on the trainer. My power watts were through the roof and I have been hitting all my numbers perfectly."

[north woods gal]

Emily. I do hope you can get out and travel, this summer. I always enjoyed those posts of yours about bicycling in all those different places.

Hey, N.Y., you got on the bike and went for a ride. That's what counts. Very few of my winter rides have been 12.5 miles, this year. In fact, quite a few of them have been just long enough to claim I went for a ride. Had to drag my butt to make some of them happen, too. Wonder Woman I am not.

Snowing, this morning. Surprise! Surprise! Only an inch to two, though, today. Right, now, I'd settle for a good rainstorm. At least I don't have to break out the shovel after one of those.

[Crankin]

It's snowing. Not sticking, though.
Thank you, all for letting me post my humble brag here. I would regret posting it elsewhere.