Today's Again-Boring Tracking
Today's ride was more of a proof-of-principle than a real ride.
It was WINDY and cold this morning and we almost didn't ride simply because it was so miserable. However, we STILL need exercise even in cold weather, perhaps MORE so in cold weather, so we bundled up and rode.
The worst part of riding in the cold? Shuffling around getting READY to ride, putting up with the chilling wind without the effort of pedaling to warm ourselves up. Riding, in itself, is much less unpleasant because we are at least burning calories and keeping ourselves a bit warmer. Today was not that enjoyable because of the wind and cold but it was valuable lesson time: In future, we need to take MORE layers than we think we need. Knowing I normally warm up quickly, I had only 2 long sleeve layers and 1 short sleeve layer, using my handy dandy polar fleece skull cap under my helmet and my half-mittens on the handlebars. This would have meant immediate overheating yesterday and before, but today, I was COLD and stayed that way. Even after climbing the difficult hill to the Post Office, I was still cold and uncomfortable and we both decided to cut it short and return rather than go on up to the beloved Shell Station for drinks & snacks. Had we started out with better wind-breaking layers we likely would have had the fortitude to keep riding 10 or more miles, but we were already chilled to the bone and motivation was definitely lacking.
BUT, Hey..... We'll probably make it FIVE days in a row tomorrow, lacking any deep snow or ice or heavy rains. Maybe we'll even make it 5 MILES as well.....
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.0 Ending Voltage: 12.9
Lowest Temp 48 F Highest Temp: 59 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 3.55
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
5.3 MPH 6.5 MPH 24.6 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
40 minutes 32 mins 51 secs 7 mins 9 secs
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