Today was a 9.22 mile effort on a route I had stopped using. Winding through one of the City’s premier neighborhoods I could rely on it having well cleared streets.

Even though the temp on my ride was a few degrees warmer than yesterday, I used the opportunity to apply some of what was yesterday and to specifically identify some parameters.

As I started the ride it was 45 F, I wore my cycling Jersey, sweatshirt and had my warm up jacket stowed in my rack trunk, skullcap under my helmet, thinsalate gloves. Cycling shorts and my normal socks completed my outfit.

A thick cloud cover obscured the sun and about half way through the ride, I pulled out the warm up jacket. From there on my kit worked flawlessly. Thinking I might have to stow my skullcap at the beginning of the ride, I was happy to have it on through the entire ride.

I was pleased as well that the bottom line regarding leg cover is 45 F for me. Accustomed to riding with them at this temp the expectation has always been that the temps would be increasing. Temperatures expected to decline from 45 F would create a bit of discomfort.

Stats
Load: Approximately 5 lbs
Miles Today: 9.23
Weeks Miles: 16.14
Months Miles: 34.74
Year Since June: 1041.58