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**Zen** · 03-15-2009, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by OakLeaf

Are the individual snowflakes really larger? Or is it just that there are a lot of them stuck together?

That's where I was headed with the hydrogen bonding

**Biciclista** · 03-15-2009, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by OakLeaf

Okay, well here's geeky

Are the individual snowflakes really larger? Or is it just that there are a lot of them stuck together? (I know it's at least partially the latter. But in addition to wet snowflakes getting stuck together in updrafts, do larger raindrops then crystallize into larger snowflakes as well?)

they were like little blankets of snow flakes all smunched together.

**sgtiger** · 03-15-2009, 08:17 PM

Oh, Karen, fresh baked bread! I'm jealous and the thought of it is making my mouth water. I've heard about that book on the coffee forums and keep meaning to look for it at the local book stores, but forget. I'm going to have to just order it online today so I won't forget again.

Today I purchased this bike.

It's to stomp around on with the kids. It's a early '80's Sears cruiser with internal 3 speed hub and coaster brakes. I don't think I've ridden a bike with coaster brakes since I was a wee lass. It's kind of fun. Admittedly it is ugly in person: original paint with touch-ups upon touch-ups, so the effect is like worty skin. But it's functional, meets my needs, and oh so fun; so I love it!

**salsabike** · 03-15-2009, 11:48 PM

The last word on big snowflakes, also from Scott Sistek's Weather Blog--

What's more -- when snowflakes are on the fringe of freezing, or just above freezing and they begin to melt, they become a bit more slushy. When that ocurrs, they can stick to other snowflakes, much in the same way that wet snow is good for making snowballs and snowmen. So you can get a aggregate effect of snowfalkes sticking together to make them even larger. But it's got to be the combination of a heavy snow shower and temperatuers at or a touch above freezing. Most of the snow on Sunday was around 33-34 degrees -- good conditions for big snowflakes with the heavy squall moving through.

**Aggie_Ama** · 03-16-2009, 06:20 AM

The great thing for me on BJ is I mountain bike, so I am always going to have wonky averages and I don't give a dang.

But I did not set mileage goals the last two years which was completely liberating. Those stupid bar lines just stressed me out.

**OakLeaf** · 03-16-2009, 06:30 AM

Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama

The great thing for me on BJ is I mountain bike, so I am always going to have wonky averages and I don't give a dang.

But I did not set mileage goals the last two years which was completely liberating. Those stupid bar lines just stressed me out.

Similar thing here. I log my commuter miles and the miles I just tool around with DH. Hill rides, solo rides in wind, pacelines with eight strong riders, all go into the same bucket. I could care less about the average speed on BikeJ. If someone looks at my journal and thinks I'm even more of a slug than I actually am, that's their problem, not mine. It's just nice to go there and contribute to the TE effort. I've joked about competing with CC and SiouxG, but I always knew I wasn't going to keep up with them all year - I've already started falling behind just from a couple of slow weeks, and I'm like, "oh, well."

My real training log is in SportTracks, where I do care about speed over particular splits, can see the terrain if I don't remember it, and make a note of whom (if anyone) I was riding with that day.

Also Crankin, I don't remember if it was in this thread when you worried about your running now that cycling season is returning, but I've been doing fine with alternate days, maintaining cycling while increasing running, and I don't have any reason to think I won't be able to switch that around when it's time to increase the cycling and maintain the running. I think as long as you're keeping up with cardio, you'll be fine - it's only when a multisport athlete is building up more than one sport at the same time that it has to get really intense with bricks &c.

**Crankin** · 03-16-2009, 07:33 AM

It wasn't on this thread, but I did bring it up on the running forum.
Yes, I am trying to build both, but in different ways. The running is entirely new. I am not that concerned with speed goals, in fact, I am almost there. I would like to increase my mileage a bit, i.e. be able to run 4-5 miles by the beginning of May. The cycling is just building up in the normal way of the beginning of the season. I know that will progress much more quickly, barring injury. I just don't want my legs hurting from running when I go to ride. Eventually, by June, I think I will only be running twice a week.
On the other hand, I might be doing a century in June, so I might have to drop the running for a bit...
I don't know why I feel so liberated from BJ.

**OakLeaf** · 03-16-2009, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by Crankin

I just don't want my legs hurting from running when I go to ride.

FWIW, there's that whole peaking thing, and actually some of my strongest runs have been when I was sore from riding the previous day, and vice versa. It happens too often to be a coincidence. Bricks are tough though.

I do have to make sure to get rest days in, pretty much 4 days every 3 weeks is my minimum before I'll start feeling it.

**Crankin** · 03-16-2009, 03:07 PM

Don't worry, no bricks here. I can barely swim and a tri is not in my future...

**salsabike** · 03-16-2009, 03:19 PM

Wow. The birds are singing their heads off here. It's springtime! I can tell by the songs. Even though it snowed yesterday, the birds know it's March 16 and they are really worked up about it. I love it.

**Biciclista** · 03-16-2009, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by salsabike

Wow. The birds are singing their heads off here. It's springtime! I can tell by the songs. Even though it snowed yesterday, the birds know it's March 16 and they are really worked up about it. I love it.

they were singing yesterday while it was snowing too. I think they're desperately trying to BELIEVE!

**Zen** · 03-16-2009, 04:12 PM

Last night I dreamed I saw someone stealing my bike so I called 911

**malkin** · 03-16-2009, 05:15 PM

Was the 911 call part of the dream?

I love delightful bits of ambiguity.

**Zen** · 03-16-2009, 05:52 PM

Yes.
I was using a cell phone and couldn't find anywhere that got a good signal. It was very frustrating

**Crankin** · 03-17-2009, 03:03 AM

I am having to write a midterm paper based on a case that was one of Freud's patient's! It is so frustrating. There's not enough information to say what i want to say. It doesn't really matter what diagnosis we make,; he wants to see our thinking process and the justification. It's a good task, but I have had to work with a group (it's a take home thing) just to get the first part done.
Oh well. My brain hurts.

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