I didn't ride today. I could have, of course, but instead I chose to take the day off from riding, not because I wanted to, but because some days it's just not such a good idea. Today was one of those days. After the spectacular Fall weather we had last Sunday for the Varsity to Varsity ride, Tuesday morning was a bit of a punch in the face. This was the first really cold front of the season. Of course, I still woke up at 5:25 and checked the weather. The forecast had been for cold, rain, and wind, which is never a good combination when you're on the bike, and I'd been fully expecting it to be raining. It wasn't. I sat there staring at the weather radar that was showing some light rain approaching (which never actually arrived) and briefly contemplated breaking out the rain bike. Then I noticed the wind. 33 mph steady with gusts at 41. Temperature at 43 degrees. Relative humidity at 82%. Overcast with a 50% chance of rain. Yesterday I got both influenza and pneumonia vaccines, the latter of which left me with a pretty sore deltoid. So many reasons not to ride! Tomorrow will be even colder with a predicted low at WeMoRi time of 32 and a 10 mph north wind, but at least there is zero chance of rain. I have the clothes to handle that, assuming I can find them. Will I ride?
The suspense is killing me......
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