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Honk, Honk....
It's not fog. It's light snow....
Very f 'n wet....
Cold, too....

It isn't cold enough for the snow (mixed with sleet) to stick but it's cold enough for the snow (mixed with sleet) that hits your face and your head through your helmet vents to feel like needles. Sweet! Even my legs, between my knickers and my socks, felt like they were being shot a million times with little sharp bullets.

I had to go down to see The Thin Man this morning so I decided to make a ride out of it and go out to Big Woods Lake for a few more tempo laps afterwards. John and Kat were at the shop when I got there so we chatted about the State CX race for a bit then Brent looked at my bike for me. It was shifting funny a week or so ago so he put a new chain and rear derailleur cable on it and, after some miles, it needed to be adjusted a bit. Thanks, Brent! Working good again.

After talking to Brent for awhile I headed out to the lake for a few more laps like yesterday. I saw two people out walking over their lunch hour, but no bikes. I wonder why that is? LOL. It started snowing about the time I got there and the wind picked up again. I think it was blowing harder than it was last night. Anyway, it was wet and cold and absolutely glorious riding! I came home and threw all of my layers into the washer and I've now stopped shivering enough that I can type. I'm sitting at my desk with a space heater going and I have on a long sleeved tee and pajama bottoms trying to warm up. Happens every year. I remember riding up to Readlyn on Thanksgiving Day with Jackal last year and stripping out of our cycling duds and standing by the woodburner in Eric's garage trying to warm up. Why do I do this to myself? Ha! Crazy, I guess. Gotta love it!

Time for some coffee and a sandwich.

Ride safe.

Peace out, yo!

LATE UPDATE!!!! You gotta check out the videos and pics of a cx race that went on in West Virginia last weekend on Fat Cat's blog. CX'ers definitely know how to have fun!