First commute of 2018 which thankfully coincided with the first morning of positive temps we've seen in over a week.

On 12/22 I traveled to Dayton, OH to take my wife to visit her family. While we were there the low temps were mostly around 15F degrees, although we did have one morning that was about 5 degrees. Meanwhile, back home in South Dakota our temps took a nosedive to as low as -23F air temp, plus extreme windchills on top of that. I picked a good week to be gone so I didn't have to commute through those temps (the low temps aren't as much of a deterrent for me than the arguments I have with my wife so that she allows me to ride in those temps.)

Anyway, back to work this morning. 2F air temp with an 11 mph head wind made for -14F wind chill. I dressed too warm on top as I put a sweatshirt on between my work shirt and my windbreaker. The rest of me was about right.

I did have some issues with my goggles icing over. The only effect I've noticed with the "Cat Crap" I bought last month was to slightly lighten my wallet.

Nearly two weeks off the bike, and the daily feeding frenzy I had during our travels really made their effects apparent. I felt like I was breathing unusually hard just to maintain a pathetically slow pace.