In a word….WINDY! I didn’t notice the wind too much yesterday morning running, but on the way to work I could tell that it was behind me and pushing me along. It actually made the morning bike commute kind of fun. The trip home, however, was just downright rotten! Not only was the sky cloudy [...]
Archive for March 2009
Blown Away Monday
March 31, 2009Rolling the dice….
March 27, 2009One of the hardest decisions I wrestle with in regards to riding my bike to work is what to do when rain is forecast for later in the day. Should I be conservative and drive or should I take the chance that I can manage to get both to and from work without getting wet? [...]
I like spring break!
March 25, 2009When my kids were young enough to matter, I always hated spring break. At that point, we were too poor to take many real vacations, but the expectation was always there that I should take a week of vacation to coincide with their time out of school. The problem with that was the weather. After all, [...]
Monday Madness
March 23, 2009After the hard ride late yesterday afternoon, my run this morning felt a little “heavy”. I could tell that I was just content to plod along and get it over with. It was 59 degrees and trying to spit a little rain so the humidity felt pretty high. As I left for work, the few [...]
Sunday Ride
March 22, 2009After church today I had vowed to myself that I would get some yard work done before I even considered taking a bike ride. Yesterday was a complete rainout and our yard was looking pretty trashy with leaves and vegetation from last fall that had never been cleaned up. I decided that I would knock [...]
