The local weather lately has been extremely windy, gusty, rainy, and a bit of sleet mixed in.
Today dawned bright but cold. Forecast: More High Winds. We hate being off the cycles so long so we decided to layer up and ride the Terratrike Tandem up to the Post Office for at least a short vigor-inducing ride.
We wimped out almost immediately. The wind was very strong, cold, and in our faces, not only numbing us but slowing us down. I didn't seem to have much "steam in my boiler" and, when I asked Jacque how she was doing, she was lacking in both strength and enthusiasm as well. I now think the bitter cold and headwind were just too much for our motivation..... hee.
To call this a short ride would be to belittle the term "short". We didn't even make it a mile before we agreed to give it up and turn around. We did get a bit of brief exercise out of it but never got warmed up enough in spite of our layers.
Here's a typical example of how much clearance passing cars give us while riding the tandem:
Ride Started: 10:29 AM Ride Ended: 10:53 AM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.2 Ending Voltage: 13.0 Lowest: 12.9
Beginning Blood Glucose: ? Ending BG Reading: 122
Lowest Temp 53 F Highest Temp: 60 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 1.35
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
5.4 MPH 6.1 MPH 24.3 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
15 minutes (!) 13 minutes 2 minutes
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