Numb

Gadzooks, what a mess the weather dealt the past few days. On Thursday I endured the moderate rain on the commute to work, and hit a dry patch for the homeward bound trip. But Friday was another story; the commute from home to the Mountain View CalTrain was directly into the wind, probably constant 15-20MPH with stronger gusts, driving the rain through every exposed opening in the raingear. At one point I had to stand and push as hard as possible, for about a mile, to keep upright and moving. Not many other folks braved the rain, either. Few people were on the train, with or without bikes. On the trip home the rain was not as hard but the winds were still strong. The major task on that leg was maneuvering around obstacles. The southern end of Delaware in San Mateo was partly flooded as the water was coming up out of the storm drains onto the road. Trees and branches were down, lots of debris, a regular obstacle course.

With round 3 hitting on Saturday I decided to do the garage workout session rather than hitting the open (and wet) road. I started with 30 minutes on the rollers for a warmup, then moved to the trainer for another hour and three quarters. Talk about brain dead; the mind went numb within the first 15 minutes on the trainer! And within an hour other body parts were threatening to go numb, parts I would rather never lost sensation, so I worked hard to keep the blood flowing. Now I remember why I avoid the trainer sessions except when necessary.   Riding into 25MPH winds with driving rain is nothing compared to an hour plus on the trainer!  Unless the weather cooperates I expect I will be spending more time in the garage this winter so I need to find something to keep the old neurons between ears firing and the blood flowing into ALL the extremities.