this morning felt wintery. i suppose that's appropriate on the first day of winter, but i'm not sure i like it. it was 32 degrees out with a moderate to strong north wind that couldn't make up its mind to prevail from the east or west, so it just knocked me around all ride long. grrrr!
i started out the morning riding to the east. that was the direction the weatherlab showed would be into the wind, but as i rode there were times when i was fighting the chilly blast and others when it felt like i was being helped along. the fact that the winds were predicted to switch to the south and west made me a bit nervous, so when i got out to the four-mile mark, i turned around and headed back toward town. when i hit main street, i flipped around and rode out to the three-mile mark where i hit the rewind and rode back to town again.
and that's how the morning went - out 2, back 2, out 1, back 1, out 2, back 2, out 3, back 3, out 2, back 2 and home. i didn't have enough time to finish up the final descent with another out 1, back 1. if the distances had been exact, i would've ended the day with 34 miles, but somewhere along the way i picked up an extra mile and a half. payment for the cold, i guess. (35.46 miles @ 13.5mph)
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