March in New England.
Originally Posted by
maddmaxx
Who would believe that a non-cold weather rider would be out on the 7th of March in CT. It was windy but mid 50's. It has been a strange "off" season for us. I stopped on the ride to take this cell phone pic of an example of our tree damage from the winter storm of last fall. It was basically the only winter we had.
We had most of our winter within the past week here in Boston: a wintry mix last Friday, and 19 degrees in the AM on Monday. Just a couple hours ago I posted to this current thread on Fifty-Plus,
"March is the cruelest month,” about a more typical March:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
… For me March is a drag because winter should be over, as it is further south, e.g. in Virginia and the Carolinas. Furthermore as an early morning rider in Boston, winter temperatures in March last an additional four weeks, no matter how nice the afternoons are.
My antidote to the late winter doldrums and to prepare for Spring is to get into an intensive training program of diet and cycling…