Blather on Bicycling

I’m always joking with my wife that it is zero degrees out. This morning I looked at our outside thermometer and it was actually zero degrees out. Old Man Winter didn’t like my post yesterday and brought in our first cold snap this winter. On the valley floor it was -6 so I threw on an extra layer and jumped on my cross bike.

Conditions for studded cyclocross tires were perfect because the snow was crunchy and the ice was hard. I got a split workout in, with some riding in the afternoon with Rad. The total was over 4 hours. We even had a dig on Owsley Canyon Rd. where Rad was putting on the hurt.

I’m on a recovery week this week. I’ll be heading to Silver Falls for a couple days, then I’m hitting it hard next week to try to get my time trial lungs in shape.