November 4, 2009 Commute To Work

Today's commute wasn't too bad. The weather was good again. Probably high 50s, very clear and sunny. I had to wind through a bit of traffic and ended up cutting off some guy in a truck. I'll make a note to send him some cookies in the afterlife by way of apology. Almost no headwind the entire trip in. Until, that is, the last 5 miles. Then I got lambasted (I've always wanted to use that word) with a horrendously destructive headwind. Thank goodness for low-end gearing.

Stats for today:
Total Time: 1 hr 19 min
Total Distance: 18.29 miles
Average Speed: 12.1
Maximum Speed: 32 MPH

I hate a flogging headwind

After a two-week absence from biking, I finally got back in the saddle. My wife was on vacation, I had Scout stuff to do, our shop had a parade and shop ride to organize, yadda yadda yadda.
This morning was (almost) the perfect morning for a ride. It was 50 degrees, sunny, and clear. Of course, this being Utah, SOMETHING about the weather had to be horrible, and this morning it was the headwind. I fought it about 3/4 of the way in today. On sections where I normally cruise at 18MPH, I had to struggle just to maintain 15MPH. It even got me on the downhills, which really bit the big one. I grunted through it, though, and managed to make somewhat decent time.

Stats for this morning's ride to work:
Total Time: 1hr 18min
Total Distance: 18.41 miles
Average Speed: 13.2 MPH
Maximum Speed: 32.2 MPH