Cold wind blows
- hipcycler
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min read
2019 Outdoor Season:
Ride #11
-Center Loop
-Miles: 21.0
-Time: 1:36
-Ave Speed: 13.0 mph
Weather:
-Sun & cool wind
59 degrees
-Wind 10-12 mph
Season Total: 196.0 Miles
The Story
Things don't look quite as pretty in the early spring of the year as they do in mid-summer. Consider the photo for today's post. I stopped to take that picture because I believe it is the same place that the picture on the front page of my blog was taken last summer. When the trees are missing all the green and the canopy effect it just isn't the same view!
Anyway, the story of this ride was a steady cold wind, which was primarily a headwind all the way out. This route has about a half dozen hills on it. Nothing serious in terms of a steep climb, but a couple of them are long slogs up. Combine that with wind in the face and the life was sucked out of my legs pretty fast today.
Just the constant sound of the wind in your ears wears you down too. So much of this ride was spent just forcing my way through the wind. Not the most fun, but still glad I went out and put in the effort.