My first post of the year also!

Not far from genel (I'm in Milwaukee) so I'll second much of what he said. Alarm went off and I rolled over and looked, my phone said it was 33 degress outside. The spirit, so willing last night, was not as willing this morning and the body didn't want to get out of bed. But I persisted, tossed on one more layer than I thought I would (a performance fleece hoodie) and headed out the door. Leg warmers, winter cycling gloves and a earband to keep those ears warm all helped a great deal, and by the time I got downtown I was warming up nicely. The sun was up over Lake Michigan, the path still only has the most hearty of rides and scant few runners at that point, so that was nice. I persisted this morning because it's supposed to be near 60 this afternoon. And after the winter we had, I didn't want to miss it. Supposed to be windy as hell though, and it'll be a headwind the whole way home. But right now, I don't care

Edit to add ... I commuted all of last year without an incident, and naturally, on the first day of this year I ALMOST had a guy turn left in front of me from the oncoming lane. Thankfully his passenger (wife? kid? I don't recall) was pointing at me and he stopped before I would have went over his hood.