Re: Riding through the years.

On 1/5/2025 10:01 AM, AMuzi wrote:

On 1/4/2025 6:12 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:

I ride almost 4 times a week and until recently with a fair sized group.
Now there are about 6 of us that ride together on and off. But a lot of my
riding now is solo. This largely because the group is aging and losing the
ability to do the rides that I still do. Saturday rides are easy rides but
on the way out to the coffee stop, they ride harder than I care to, and
then on the return trips they are riding a lot slower having burned
themselve out.
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Perhaps one of them is capable of doing my North Palomares route but if he
did he would drop me like a stone since he is 20 years younger than me.
And he would freeze to death at the top waiting for me. So the group id
sging out from under me. Or too young snd too fast to ride at my speed.

 Four degrees at dawn today. I skipped; too damned cold.
 

Winter snow advisory but so far that has not happen and will not be as bad as they originally said around here. However like Andrew it was 12 degrees this AM I did a power walk on the treadmill and then 26 on the indoor trainer.
The usual happens in this with the weatherman. They started about 3 days ago announcing winter storm warning dire of course. Then by Friday afternoon all the grocery stores getting huge business and flocking of people.
They always just say the worse and hope for the best that way nothing can be said. But if truth be known it is winter in Illinois and stuff happens. Finally, do people ever keep a stash of food around the house. I tell you it is just me here and Trixie bur she has dog food and is small. I have always had the pantry stock with items I need just in case. COVID only made it more obvious. So I have plenty of food in an emergency but me thinks no one plans ahead.
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Deacon Mark