Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Snowpocalyse '10 averted, but snow nevertheless

List of things that 5 years ago I thought were impossible:
- Going cycling in a snow storm for an hour, for fun.

Temp: 28 F
w/ windchill: 15 F
Windspeed: 22 mph, gusts at 31 mph
Clothing: Puma boots, gym shorts + goretex pants, blue wicking shirt + blue rain jacket, balaclava, ski goggles. had on mountaineering mitts, but they were too warm, so i mostly just had bare hands. Balaclava also got too warm/difficult to breathe, so had a bare face most of the time.

Route: 12.1 miles
Ok, so only the first 8 miles were from my hourish bike ride. But I wanted to see how much I biked today.
Also, 8 miles/hr is super slow... but with all the snow, and a crazy head wind, pretty hard. :-)

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