Sat. 1/5 rides

[SouthernBelle]

What! No reports yet

Went out on my ride this morning. It was just a comedy of errors.

The forecast last night was partly cloudy and warmer. They lied.

My new camera came in yesterday, so I also planned on a couple of snaps while I was out and had planned my route accordingly. But this mornings forecast changed that, it's gloomy with showers in the area.

So I layered according to what I expected temp wise, but stuck my rain jacket in the bar bag. As I set out I realized I had forgotten my gloves, so I turned around, and hit my timer. Then hit it again when I came back out, or so I thought.

The wind was cold. I did not wear my fleece tights but shortly wished I had. My quads are still sore from my gym workout and the cold air on them was not pleasant.

The wind was evil. Head winds are bad enough but I had a long section of crosswind. I hate crosswinds. At a couple of points I had to lean into it to stay up.

Finally it began to drizzle a little rain. Actually not very hard, I really didn't get wet. I looked down at my computer at that point and realized it was not registering mileage. Apparently one of the times I hit the timer, I didn't really hit it. So I headed toward home.

I had to figure miles using mapmyride and figured I only did about 15. It actually wasn't as bad as I make it sound. I would have been much perkier if the sun had been out. They are promising sun for tomorrow. We'll see.

I'm still trying out riding sans chamois. Today I learned to make sure my tights are pulled up tight against my body. Too much shifting of the fabric otherwise. Not sore though.

[OakLeaf]

Oh, y'know, now that we're all reporting our miles on BikeJournal, in addition to uploading to MotionBased and SportTracks and Training Center for Mac and Training Center for Windows, there is just no time to report our rides here

33 solo yesterday, damp roads, gritty and a little yucky. 26 today with a new group, pretty much fun, except I let them drop me on the return run when I could've hung with them - was just feeling them out and figuring out what the ride was all about.

[SouthernBelle]

I got to skip MB and Training Center since I messed up with my garmin.

[Mr. Bloom]

Silver: I think I'll go for a ride
Mr. S: It's raining!
Silver: Not on the radar
Mr. S: Look out the window
Silver: Yep, looks like it's drying.
Mr. S: What's the temp?
Silver: 50 degrees
Mr. S: OK, I'll join you.

As we're getting layered:

Mr. S: Should I wear one or two layers under my jacket?
Silver: At 50 degrees, one layer and I'd take the arms off the jacket

As we're in the kitchen about to go out:

Mr. S: [Looks at the backdoor thermometer] Silver, it's not 50, it's barely 40

Mr. Silver goes back upstairs to get more layers

6 miles into the ride, the wind goes crazy and the heavens open

Mr S: soaking wet Let's find the straightest route home.

15 miles into the ride

Silver: Do you want the final leg to be the hilly direct route or the flat, longer route.
Mr. S: I want to go HOME!

20 wet cold miles at 16.5 mph average

Next time, I think I'll check the weather myself first

I celebrated with a big glass of caffeine free, diet WATER!

[silver]

Silver's perspective:

Mr. and I went out for a ride! It was wonderful! We had such a good time. I was so glad to be getting my first miles for the year. I was dressed perfectly for the weather and we only had a slight wind and light mist to deal with. I could have gone another 10 miles. Mr. really pushed me on the first part and then we both took it little easier on the way home since we were fighting the wind.

I found that I didn't mind the light rain too much with the temp in the low forties and the wind not too strong. I also found that my pink jacket is really turning out to be a great cold weather jacket.

20.16 miles at 16.2 avg miles (I circled the block a few times waiting for Mr. to get ready)

I celebrated with a cold Diet Vanilla Zero! Yum!

[Veronica]

I got in 26 miles with 1400 feet of climbing before the rain came back. It was about 40 degrees out.

V.

[Eden]

Our team ride featured some rain, some hail, some howling move me 2 feet sideways wind, a little sun, 2 flats, 2 broken fenders and one cassette lock ring fallen off...
But my feet and hands stayed DRY AND WARM (whoohoooo!) the whole time so I have little to complain about

[Wahine]

I did 59 km with evil Coach Troy. We did "Have Mercy - The Sequel". 2 hours of quad burning, coach cursing fun for all.

[makbike]

It was a wet, gloomy, windy, cold day here in Kentucky. Given I'm a weather wimp I elected to stay indoors and enjoy the climate control within. I did log 21.5 miles on my trainer while I watched VH1's video countdown. Tomorrow holds a lot of promise for an outdoor ride or maybe even two.

[RoadRaven]

It was a hot day

Pushing 30'C

I raced in the weekly club race, I stayed with the leaders for the whole 32km, and was well chuffed with myself. This is the first time since I have moved up into F grade that I have stayed with the bunch for longer than 10km!!!

Sorry all you folks with snow and ice and cold and wet, but it was a great day for riding all Saturday! By the beach - the air smelt good, the sea breeze was cooling...

(My partner was pleased too, He was placed 4th or 5th behind Glaen Chadwick and Jeremy Venell who both rode with our club on Sat.
And my 14 year old got 4th or 5th in his grade too. And I got 8th I think... official results have not been posted on the net yet.)

[HillSlugger]

I got out for my first outdoor ride since the start of December. I did 19 miles. I planned a slightly longer ride but decided that I wasn't really up for it. It was 36 degrees when I headed out and 42 when I returned. I was dressed pretty much spot on for the weather.

This ride was the first with my new Garmin. I thought I had it set to auto-stop when I was not moving, but it kept timing anyway. I guess I need to read the manual again. I was glad to also have my other cyclocomputer for the "true" time.

[OakLeaf]

I thought I had it set to auto-stop when I was not moving, but it kept timing anyway. I guess I need to read the manual again.

You have to set that option separately for each sport. So make sure you've selected Biking:Use This Sport before going to Virtual Partner and turning on the auto-pause. (And if it turns out you did set your auto-pause in Running or Other, and you don't want it there, or you want it to pause at a slower pace than for cycling, remember to change it there, too.)

[Mr. Bloom]

It was a hot day

Pushing 30'C

...

Sorry all you folks with snow and ice and cold and wet, but it was a great day for riding all Saturday! By the beach - the air smelt good, the sea breeze was cooling...

Silver, we're moving to New Zealand!

RR: Congrats on the strong ride

[KathiCville]

I logged my first ride of the year on Saturday: 18 miles. Finished up at dusk, so I got to see my new Firefly (by RoadID) blinkies in action. One blue, one red. Both very eye-catching!

Only downside of ride was that my lower back once again began to feel really strained after the first few miles. My BF has tinkered with the set-up three or four times, but now suggests that I take it to the LBS this week and see if they can tweak a better fit for me.......

Joined BJ over the weekend so I can contribute my miles to TE's total........Aiming for 1500 for the year. Already have a little over 1%, woooohoooo!

[melissam]

I did a little over 48 miles on the trainer -- whoo hoo! A great way to get Long Steady Distance work in -- no wind, no hills, no extreme temperatures.

Now, some of you might be wondering how someone can do 48 miles on the trainer without getting really bored. Well, my secret is to find something good to watch on TV. I watched American Beauty followed by the commentary to the Six Feet Under pilot. Good stuff, but I think my housemates were a little concerned about my cynical attitude after my training ride.