Early morning rides are getting a bit interesting. Yesterday I went out at 8:30 for a 90 minutes ride after delaying for 30 minutes while I finished off some work that I had started at 7am and, more importantly so the sun could start peeking over the hill. The sun was well up by the time I left home, but as I descended into the shade of Leith Valley and then headed up North East Valley, the cold chilled me to the core. Tgere ws no frost on the ground, but there was on car windscreens and I thought I was going to get frost bite. Even with multiple layers of clothing and two pairs of gloves my fingertips and toes first felt like icicles and then went completely numb.
Today was a different story, not cold just very wet. It was my first wet ride ever and my first wet run for a very long time so I think that my training is getting really serious. I am no longer a fair weather trainer and to be honest I loved riding in the warm rain. I am not sure how I'll go in the middle of winter in wet driving rain though. I think that is when the indoor trainer will come into play.
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