bloody wind!
02-18-07, 07:58 PM
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bloody wind!
I am really starting to hate winter! 
I went for my weekly sunday ride and had to end it at 12.5 miles. I was trying for 20 today but the f-in wind was too much. About a steady 20 with gusts to 30. Oh well better luck next week I guess. It's suppose to be warmer here and that will make my commute nicer.
Anybody else have this problem today?
I went for my weekly sunday ride and had to end it at 12.5 miles. I was trying for 20 today but the f-in wind was too much. About a steady 20 with gusts to 30. Oh well better luck next week I guess. It's suppose to be warmer here and that will make my commute nicer.
Anybody else have this problem today?
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Originally Posted by tk4790
I am really starting to hate winter!
I went for my weekly sunday ride and had to end it at 12.5 miles. I was trying for 20 today but the f-in wind was too much. About a steady 20 with gusts to 30. Oh well better luck next week I guess. It's suppose to be warmer here and that will make my commute nicer.
Anybody else have this problem today?
I went for my weekly sunday ride and had to end it at 12.5 miles. I was trying for 20 today but the f-in wind was too much. About a steady 20 with gusts to 30. Oh well better luck next week I guess. It's suppose to be warmer here and that will make my commute nicer.
Anybody else have this problem today?
Makes holding a straight line interesting to say the least!
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02-18-07, 08:14 PM
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That's too funny.
I fotgot to mention on my ride today, I found a dead bobcat lying on the side of the road. It was a small one about 30 pounds I guess a little smaller than my dog. He must have got hit by a car b/c I found him on top of a bridge. Poor kitty.
I fotgot to mention on my ride today, I found a dead bobcat lying on the side of the road. It was a small one about 30 pounds I guess a little smaller than my dog. He must have got hit by a car b/c I found him on top of a bridge. Poor kitty.
02-18-07, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by tk4790
I am really starting to hate winter!
I went for my weekly sunday ride and had to end it at 12.5 miles. I was trying for 20 today but the f-in wind was too much. About a steady 20 with gusts to 30. Oh well better luck next week I guess. It's suppose to be warmer here and that will make my commute nicer.
Anybody else have this problem today?
I went for my weekly sunday ride and had to end it at 12.5 miles. I was trying for 20 today but the f-in wind was too much. About a steady 20 with gusts to 30. Oh well better luck next week I guess. It's suppose to be warmer here and that will make my commute nicer.
Anybody else have this problem today?
02-18-07, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by tk4790
That's too funny.
I fotgot to mention on my ride today, I found a dead bobcat lying on the side of the road. It was a small one about 30 pounds I guess a little smaller than my dog. He must have got hit by a car b/c I found him on top of a bridge. Poor kitty.
I fotgot to mention on my ride today, I found a dead bobcat lying on the side of the road. It was a small one about 30 pounds I guess a little smaller than my dog. He must have got hit by a car b/c I found him on top of a bridge. Poor kitty.
02-18-07, 08:25 PM
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jaxgtr, I'm right down the road from you in Palm Coast. (ok 45 minutes down the road.)
02-18-07, 09:01 PM
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Ahhhhh. Yep, nice area I almost bought a house down there many years ago. 45 minutes if my Mother in law is driving.
Now that they have basically gotten all the road work done and 3 lane 95 to Daytona, I can usually make it to Palm Coast in about 30-35 minutes give or take a cop slowing thing up in St. John's county.
Now that they have basically gotten all the road work done and 3 lane 95 to Daytona, I can usually make it to Palm Coast in about 30-35 minutes give or take a cop slowing thing up in St. John's county.
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I'm not to fond of strong winds even though I know it makes you stronger. My Team in Training coaches have a saying that the wind is your friend. I like to think of the wind as the friends your mom warned you about. LOL!!
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02-19-07, 02:14 AM
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Windy here on the West Coast (of Florida) as well. 20 MPH most of the day. The wife went out for a jog-said it was the worst ever for her.
02-19-07, 07:02 AM
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I only got to ride 1hr outside last week, and yeah I'll agree, it was windy. But you know what, the wind's got a benefit; blistering paces when it's at your back. And this time of year you're guaranteed to have a steady wind facing one direction as opposed to a wind that can shift directions on you during a ride.
On Saturday I went out into the wind for 10 miles before turning around to head home. I only averaged 17mph on the computer at the turn-around. By the time I got home my average pace for the entire hour was closer to 19.5. Cruising those last few miles at 26-27mph was great!
Yup, gotta love that wind!
On Saturday I went out into the wind for 10 miles before turning around to head home. I only averaged 17mph on the computer at the turn-around. By the time I got home my average pace for the entire hour was closer to 19.5. Cruising those last few miles at 26-27mph was great!
Yup, gotta love that wind!
02-19-07, 07:45 AM
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Also bad in the Southeast, we had steady 20-24mph winds and 30+mph gusts. I sat Sunday out, just no fun working that hard for so little miles. Looks quieter today.
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