Sunday, I got out... did you?

I made it out for a 10 mile ride around the lake. It was just a few degrees colder than I liked, but made a go of it anyway. 432 calories; ~10 miles; Fresh air!

Oh, and I broke my glasses again. I guess its time for a new pair as the Gorilla glue didn't even hold up!

I'll bet some of you guys get out and ride today. 60... wintry mix manana! I'm on the trainer tonight.

Monday 36 to start - 42 to end

I ventured out before the storm.  Great temps and conditions.  I again rode all of the singletrack that zorinksy had to offer.  36 degrees felt great!  As for the Storm - the winter weather advisory has been cancelled and now the weather man is only calling for 1" of snow.  They  say that we are going to dodge the big stuff.  Fine by me I guess!
This picture is of the damn.  The city put tires around all of the obsticles in preparation for sledding season.  Didn't the city ban sledding in PUBLIC AREAS a year or two ago?  When the kids get bigger, we'll be here! - ummm, if its still legal!

Monday 29 degrees, North Wind 12 mph, gusting to 16

....feels like 21 degrees.
(above... proof that it was windy!)

I was concerned that I wasn't dressed for the weather.  I had on a pair of cycling bib tights, cycling shorts, thermal longsleeve base layer, Jersey (see below), cycling socks, insulated cycling socks, shoes, thermal shoe covers, windbreaker, warm cycling gloves, nike cycling hat.  It ended up being just fine.  I rode at Zorinsky.  45 minutes 9.2 miles.     
I got this jersey from a guy at work. Last weekend was the Swiss Watch Faire. The Festina Rep brought in a few of these jerseys. One of them ended up on my desk! Sweet!
I rode all of the zorinksy single track that I could!  A few spots were damp and some even had a little dusting of snow.  All was passable!

No trainer tonight... I'll enjoy a cold one and some MNF!  

Sunday @ the lake

As I noted in my comment on Greg's post. I was FINALLY able to get out on my bike this weekend. The weather was awsome - my conditioning.... well, that's another story. I rode the skinny bike around zorinsky. There were quite a few folks out enjoying the weather. 1 lap around the lake and I was shot. The 6 sick days took any cycling fitness that I had left out of me. I'll have to work to get some of it back before the snow falls!

I guess I'll hit the treadmill tonight - I've been enjoying a bit too much of my daughters trick-or-treat goodies!

my skinny tire saturday

I couldn't make it to connect with Dmars and Greg - although I'm jealous that they got dirt time in at Tranq as I navigated flooded trails. (read on). The Tower told me that the flight pattern was full, so the best that I could do was jump on my bike in the garage and head out. So, that's EXACTLY what I did!

Notice the 'crap' on the trail under this tire.... So I rode through the neighborhood and jumped on the trail at the tball fields on the S. Side of the West Side of the Lake. The plan - ride the trail across the damn and then exit where it hooks on the West Papio trail - 20 mile loop. So the ride began.

This picture denotes that trail as it parallels 168th street. This section had a bunch of debree and you could tell that the water had just receded. So I continued on. (Leary that the skinny tires would not like the 'big stuff').
At the end of the trail above, there is a hard right turn under the bridge (168th). As I fly around the corner - WOW - and lock up the back tire. No more trail!

I ended up climing up a little hill right next to the bridge. That put me out on to 168th street. i rode it South to the parking lot and then crossed the road. Once on the other side, I hooked back up with the trail and continued my ride. 21 miles and the pic below shows how it was: