I really felt like a Weather Wuss today. This cold front came through last night and right now it is absolutely beautiful, but this morning it was around 54F at the house when I awoke. I spent quite a while hunting around for arm-warmers and gloves (I still can't find those blasted Pearlizumi ones - I know they're around the house somewhere), and spent five minutes staring at my closet trying to decide what to wear. I finally settled on two summer jerseys, arm-warmers, and thin defeet gloves. At the last minute, I stuffed a sheet of paper between the jerseys to keep my chest warm on the way out, and was glad I did. Still, I was FREEZING. I know that in a couple of months this kind of morning will feel absolutely balmy, but I always have trouble making the transition from warm to cold weather, especially when it happens overnight. I would have worn my vest, but I knew the other guys would make fun of me for that! Well, everyone was enjoying the fine weather, and, being a Friday, it was an easy spin-n-grin type of ride. I doubt we ever got over 25 mph. Been a lot of those lately! I know I'll wake up one morning in November and suddenly wonder where the hell all that summer fitness went all of a sudden, but in reality I've been working on losing it for about a month now and the job will be about complete in a few more weeks - just in time to start up the winter training ride series. It's kind of interesting to go back to that webpage and look at the "Virtual Training Ride" that I put up there way back when I first started the website around 1995. I've cleaned up the page a couple of times since then. I think that I did the original one with a text-editor, before I even had an html editor. It was pretty crude, as was my ability to scan in the photos. I should probably re-do the whole thing this year with some updated photos. I'll have to think about that. Anyway, it looks like our little taste of Fall will last only a couple more days before we're back to highs in the mid-80s. The Giro ride should be fun tomorrow, though!
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54F! hehe - I got a (jealous) chuckle outta that one! I was just complaining on my blog about all the snowfall we've had up here in Alberta... I am sooooo envious of you guys down there.
I figured everyone North of Arkansas would enjoy that! Our typical winters have lows in the upper 30s and highs in the mid-50s. Of course we get a few days now and then when it gets down below freezing, but they are rather rare, especially here in New Orleans where the large lake to the North of us tends to buffer the low temperatures. So on those rare occasions when it gets really cold, we can just wait it out for a day or two rather than resorting to the trainer or gym. The good part is that we get to ride pretty much all year. The bad part is that there isn't anything you would legitimately call a real climb within 200 miles!
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