Thursday, 2/89/2024 - 1st OUTDOOR RIDE OF 2024

2024 MILEAGE - 825.6

Today, the unseasonably warm stretch of weather we're experiencing allowed me to do my first outdoor ride since November 20, a day on which I settled for a short ride that I call the Silo Ridge Loop (a little over 6 miles) in 41° highly windy conditions.

Today I hoped to ride the 10-mile round trip to Marsh Park.  However, I was reminded anew, as I am annually when transitioning from indoor to outdoor rides, how much conditioning I've lost, by the strength of my legs, which have all the firmness of cooked spaghetti. And I was also battling a rather robust wind during the first half of the ride. Even though I was able to ride comfortably in a t-shirt, that wind knocked the "feels like" temperature down considerably.

Because of these challenges, as well as some schedule constraints, I decided to settle for a repeat of the Silo Ridge Loop, bookending my winter indoor rides.

This gave me a ride of 6.3 miles, in 53 minutes.

Relive video of today's ride