Good to hear your back on the road, [MENTION=366933]mgw4jc[/MENTION], but your priorities have been in the right order.

Today was my first bike commute of the week due to icy roads on Monday and heavy rains on Tuesday. The only good thing about the rain yesterday was that it washed all of the salt off the roads. We had snow/sleet/freezing rain last Friday as well as Monday. The weather has made it difficult to get any exercise at all some days. On Monday, the streets and sidewalks were so icy that it was hard to even walk. The ice storm we had last Friday left icy patches on roads and greenways that made cycling sketchy over the weekend. I managed to ride 51 miles on Saturday with friends but we had to be extremely cautious in spots where the ice hadn't totally melted, and the high temperature barely reached the freezing point.