Winter may have come to an end this past weekend, but Mother Nature probably still has something in store for us. Had to look after my son on Saturday, but Sunday was looking good. Time to dust off the road bike.
Decided to head out for a couple of hours, legs were a little iffy due to lack of riding because of all the snow. Rode north with the wind to warm up, felt not bad. The sun was a welcome change. Cranked up the intensity and headed east, I wanted to ride more into the wind so my legs could relax on the way back.
One shitty thing about the city going through such a big boom is all the damn construction. The road so far isn't too bad, lots of mud on the shoulders, though, so I have to be wary. Heading south on TWP 264 now I think, I'm going straight into the wind. I feel really good. I'm surprised as I thought my recent inactivity would slow me down.
Now the fun part: the wind at my back!! Big ring it all the way back, 28 km or so. I wish all rides were like this. Except for the road conditions on the way home. I took a different route than the one I went out on, the shoulders were useless, filled with mud, gravel and other crud. I stayed on the road as much as I could, there was more traffic as I got closer to the city so I did ride some in the gravel.
Had a decent commute in as well today. It will be my second last one as my job ends Wednesday. And, of course, the weather forecast sucks just in time for my layoff.
Sigh.
Training after a baby
3 years ago
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Do you ever think about getting a cross bike for the gravelly stuff? I've been considering it. There are some rides here that are half paved, half gravel (I mean logging roads) that might be fun to spin on a cx bike. Could get in lots of mileage that way, too, without dealing with so much traffic.
yeah, cross bike would be nice, it's on my list of things to buy. Gotta get a job first.
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