Flipping cold this morning I think I was under-dressed, but the sun was shining, I had my bike on the back of the car still and I didn't feel like sitting in traffic for an hour to go 20 miles again. I kept crossing fresh deer prints on the snow-covered MUP and had hoped to see at least one but nothing. There's one crazy steep hill that I tried riding up but quickly lost speed and when I slowed down all my tires wanted to do is spin (studded 700x35s), I tried standing on the cranks but between the snow and ice under me I ended up calling accepting defeat and walked. Unfortunately that didn't save me from a crash this morning, I hopped back on the bike when I got to the top of the hill and got back up to speed and hit a blind curve a bit too fast (13mph but on ice it was like going 20+), coming towards me was a X-C skier. I hit the brakes (I know..worst thing you can do in slippery situations) and went flying off the bike as the bike slid into the skier (she was unharmed thankfully), I on the other hand hit a tree. Helmet cracked in half, but experienced no personal injuries(I am now a believer that helmets save lives!). There goes my long streak of no accidents all year. Got up, dusted myself and the bike off, apologized sincerely to the skier who had nothing to say except that I was crazy for riding a bike in the snow.

Arrived @work 10 minutes late, got chewed out by my supervisor (f**k him though, he's late almost everyday). I figure I'll make up that time tonight and take the roads back to where I parked my car even though there shouldn't be anyone out on the path after dusk.