Winter Ride Challenge Series #15

After missing the last 4 rides, mainly due to illness, it was nice to ride outside with a group. It was a Friday evening ride but we had light for about the first half of the ride. It had snowed over night with roughly 8 cm of fresh snow coming down but the day got slightly above freezing so a lot of the snow was gone before the ride.

After about 15 minutes into the ride, I was already screaming and wanted to go home. I didn't know why I was on the ride after having a heavy workout schedule all week. This was one of those rides where I needed a lot of pulling and couldn't have survived without it. The wind played havic with me today because I was so tired.

I used a new set of tires today, Schwalbe Comp CX's, and found that they were a really nice balance for road and slushy gravel. No sliding or slipping so my only excuse was that I just didn't have the legs for the ride. I had rode in and split off to ride back home and managed to stay on the road for just over 3 hours in total.

Well, now officially out of the chase for points champion, it is simply a matter of training and fun. Spending the next week in Toronto so will spin in the gym....