Cozy November Ride

Joy here...Well it's November, and what this means is that any ride outdoors is a borrowed ride.  I mean, we should be freezing to death and all snowed under, so the fact that we've yet to have the first snowfall of the year means that I'm popping champagne and celebrating on a daily basis (in my head if not always in reality).  So on Sunday, Cili Padi, Superdave, The Man, and I put on our cozy winter riding clothes and headed out to the park so that I could complete Loop #22 of the season.  I'd love to make it to Loop #25, but we'll see...

The bare trees in a near-winter landscape.

The park is now closed to vehicular traffic, so we chose to ride in the afternoon rather than be the first ones out the door in the morning.  And it was lovely.  The sky remained a shade of pewter throughout our ride, but the air was still, and we all broke a sweat trying to ride up those steep hills.  I was especially hot given that my riding (not to mention running!) has suffered greatly over the last few weeks.  Life has taken its toll, but I was out there with my friends, turning my legs, working up a sweat, and generally enjoying a mid-November bike ride as the bare arms of the trees reached ever upwards all around us.

Superdave, Cili Padi, and The Man all relaxing after the
toughest part of the Fortune Hill climb.

So while Nomi is counting down the last few hours until she runs her first ever full marathon, I'm counting down the hours to snow and full on winter lethargy.  But as I try my best to avoid being discouraged, I will think of riding my bike through the park on a cold November day as a triumph.  At least I wasn't snowed in!

Over and out,
Joy