A nice little ride this morning. I have been on the bike a fair bit this week and every ride has felt better than the one before. As a result this mornings ride felt pretty okay. Good speed that came fairly easily, just the sort of thing you want.
It is funny how after even a little break your body just needs a some
time to remember what it is capable of and how to go about it. It is not
as if your body has suddenly lost significant fitness or ability, but I
think it just takes a few sessions for your body to remember that.
It was pretty chilly this morning, but it is winter so I am not sure what I was expecting. Although I am not a fan of riding in the cold, I do love the feeling you get as the warmth spreads through your body. Starting in your chest and then spreading to the extremities. I am starting to be able to judge how cold it is by how long it takes my hands to feel warm. It isn't an exact science, but I think around 10 minutes means it is around 10 degrees. This morning it was 5 degrees and so it took a little bit longer, more like 15 minutes. I think if it takes around 20 minutes it means it is closer to 2 degrees. I reckon there could be a PhD in this somewhere.
I had a little bit of a scary encounter on my ride home. I was nearly home, on a fairly quiet stretch of road, when I suddenly heard brakes lock up behind me and screeching tyres. Then a van drove past me. I have no idea what happened, whether the driver had been distracted and not seen me until the last minute. Whether they were just trying to be smart and give me a scare. I don't remember doing anything erratic, like swerving wide etc, I was fairly well lit, so I am hoping it wasn't caused by me doing something unexpected. It gave me a real fright though because I had no idea he was there. If for instance he braked suddenly because he had been distracted and hadn't seen me, then I sort of shudder to think what would have happened if he hadn't seen me at the last minute. I really wouldn't have known what had hit me. Maybe it wasn't that close, but it certainly gave me a bit of a fright.
I have started my asthma medication as of last night. As much as I would love to report that it has had a miracle effect and I am suddenly not coughing, that is sadly not the case. Not that it was likely to work that fast, it just would have been nice if it had. I am hoping that over the course of the next week or so things start to improve though. Fingers crossed.
One more day until the weekend. Not that I am counting. I will be very happy when this week is over though. Nearly there.
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