Friday, April 29, 2011

Beautiful Morning, Windy Forecast

It was 52 (!) degrees when I woke up at 5:30 this morning, almost twice the morning temperature yesterday (27)..  I wore only the windbreaker for the ride, and summer gloves, and did not get cold at all:  Had to stop and take off the windbreaker about 3 miles into the commute - it got too warm and sweaty.
Awakening BG:  215 (!)                             Post-Ride BG:  77
Morning Stats from the GPS:                 Total Miles:  7:40
Overall average speed      Moving Avg         Max Speed
09.5  Mph                          10.7 mph             22.2 mph
Total Trip time                   Moving Time       Stopped Time
46:59 mins                          41:40 mins            05:19 mins

For the ride back from work tonight:  Absolute worst wind I've ever experienced.  The entire morning was calm, balmy, and wonderful.... I went for a noon walk just before 1 PM and it was still calm and beautiful.
As I approached the facility the weather acted like God flipped the switch:  The wind came up suddenly, the sky got dark and brown, and it howled the rest of the afternoon.  My ride back to the car was truly awful.
I rocked back and forth with horrific cross wind gusts and finally, for the first time, was blown into the guard rail:
It wasn't a crash or even a bump, but very frustrating to just be forced into the rail.  Only had 4 more miles of the same before I turned east and the last 2 miles were with the boost of a fairly steady tail-wind.
Beginning BG:  126                              Post-Ride BG: unk
Evening Stats from the GPS:                 Total Miles:  7.42
Overall average speed      Moving Avg         Max Speed
07.4  Mph                          08.1 mph             18.10 mph
Total Trip time                   Moving Time       Stopped Time
59:59 mins                          55:17 mins            04:42 mins 

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