Today would have been a great day to not allow your facial expressions to give away how tired you really are because the wind was so strong and cold that my whole face went numb in the matter of a minute.
Left the house at 9:15 and headed towards Fenwick to meet up with Max, it took an extra long time to get ready this morning because I completely fell out the routine of putting 3 layers on. We rode into Wainfleet with some big crosswinds and then turned to go North into Smithville and take the wind head on. The road seemed to go on forever and every 2-3% incline felt more like a Hydro Hill type of climb. We were always in the second or third smallest gear and trying to keep a smooth cadence, just like climbing a long hill.
We stopped and Tim's for 5min, literally, to thaw out. By the time my gloves were off and food was eaten it was time to go. We took a few roads around Silverdale to get home and parted ways once we arrived back in Fenwick, ride time was getting close to 4 hours so I decided to finish the ride with a loop down by the Welland river. Took a quick stop for my third urination of the ride then kept heading South until I saw water. Usually this way would add 20-25min to a ride in the summer-time but today it was more like 45. Finished with 4.5hrs of riding but it felt more like 6.
Nothing left to do now but eat a lot of food, drink a lot of water, and sleep to get set for tomorow's ride to the Big Three (I got tired of re-writting all three of their names over and over again) with De Cal. Last time I did this ride with him I bonked with about 2 hours of riding left, let's see how this one goes.
Oh yeah, and today I rode on the cross bike with road tires again for some reason. It would have been a beauty day to take out the road bike, most of the salt is all pushed to the side thanks to the rain. It will feel good to take it out for my first time this year tomorow.
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