Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Bipolar Weather

I swear the weather in DC is bipolar. 


It just can't seem to make up it's mind... one day it is cold, icy and miserable and then the next day it is like a spring day and it's driving me crazy! I HATE being cold - if I could be in a warm, tropical environment all the time, I would... I just hate being cold. You would think after all the dives I've done in the quarry, I would be use to being cold but I just don't like it! 


On a totally opposite note, which I've said before, I am fine running in the cold - I actually prefer it, but, riding in cold weather is a whole different animal. The wind is a bitch and my fingers just don't ever seem to warm up. At least with running, your whole body warms up after the first 20 minutes. 


Anyway, so after my week of incredible frustration, the next weekend practice was canceled because of a small amount of ice that fell the evening before. The ice really wasn't that bad, but it was enough to make the trails slick and unsafe to ride, so we switched the workouts for the weekend. On Sunday, I figured it would be "warm" enough for me to ride...


So fast forward to last weekend -  the team was able to meet and I had a great ride - 110 minutes/40 miles followed by a 20 minute run... and this what the temp was:




Seriously, the weather needs to make up it's mind.  






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