My Morning Commute

[ShawnoftheDread]

@jrenaut 101554 wrote:

Was not nearly as bad out there as I was expecting. It wasn’t raining too hard and it really didn’t seem as cold as it has been. Even the kids weren’t complaining.

Lips frozen shut.

[dplasters]

I forgot to charge my headlight last night and realized it only when loading up the bike for the commute this morning. I was instead stuck with de-icing my popsicle of a car.

I then proceeded to hit every single light green and get to work in 8 minutes.

Take-aways:
1) Karma will get back at me. The commute home will take 25 minutes to go 4 miles. I can feel it. I will be left thinking.. well I could park the car and run-commute……..
2) Fear not future unknown FS teammates. I have new lights on the way that will only require me to remember to charge them once a week. This is the 2nd time I’ve done this. Clearly I have an issue with remembering to do things.
3) Driving isn’t nearly difficult enough to be any fun.
4) When I saw “ice pellets” as the current form of precipitation in Fairfax at 5:45am on wunderground I thought… That has to be a lot of #5 and #9. But sadly I get zero points

[jrenaut]

@dplasters 101574 wrote:

3) Driving isn’t nearly difficult enough to be any fun.

Then how come nearly everyone around here is so bad at it?

[mstone]

@jrenaut 101578 wrote:

Then how come nearly everyone around here is so bad at it?

I guess because so many people on the forum spend most of their time biking rather than driving? It’s a practice thing.

[dasgeh]

@jnva 101551 wrote:

#67 at the monolith of doom this morning. Saw nobody on the WOD between vienna and falls church. A little slick, some wet leaves but overall not too bad of a commute.

Had an appointment so didn’t pass the monolith until after 1pm. #122. Seriously, guys, it’s not that bad out.

[jrenaut]

@mstone 101579 wrote:

I guess because so many people on the forum spend most of their time biking rather than driving? It’s a practice thing.

By “around here” I meant the greater DC metro area. Although I know I’m definitely not as good at driving now that I do it once a week as I was when I drove 16,000 miles a year.

[dplasters]

@jrenaut 101578 wrote:

Then how come nearly everyone around here is so bad at it?

For the same reason there are lots of really bad cyclists on the various MUPs on 75 degree Sunday mornings.

[Crickey7]

I weenied out this morning as well. My observation was that drivers treat each other pretty much just as badly as they treat cyclists.

[Steve O]

@dasgeh 101580 wrote:

Had an appointment so didn’t pass the monolith until after 1pm. #122. Seriously, guys, it’s not that bad out.

Actually, rain and 34 degrees is about as bad as it gets, IMO. Depending on what time people rode, some of the rain was pretty hard and steady. Late morning it had let up quite a bit, so it wasn’t so bad, but I’m glad I didn’t venture out at 7:30 when it was raining hard where I live.

Sleet stings, but it bounces off and doesn’t soak in (and sometimes it gently rings your bell!). Rain is just miserable. Snow and 25 is better. Or even snow and 15.

[Arlingtonrider]

@Steve O 101591 wrote:

Actually, rain and 34 degrees is about as bad as it gets, IMO. Depending on what time people rode, some of the rain was pretty hard and steady. Late morning it had let up quite a bit, so it wasn’t so bad, but I’m glad I didn’t venture out at 7:30 when it was raining hard where I live.

Sleet stings, but it bounces off and doesn’t soak in (and sometimes it gently rings your bell!). Rain is just miserable. Snow and 25 is better. Or even snow and 15.

Lol – tomorrow we’ll be saying “wind” and 34 degrees is about as bad as it gets (especially for those of us heading north in 22-23 mph head and cross winds). Just have to get on with it. . We can fortify ourselves with warmth and good company at coffee club.

[hozn]

Yeah, this morning’s weather is about as bad as it gets. I set out my rain gear but decided the prudent thing for my health would be to drive and use my work gym for a midday ride. Nice drive, good workout, no regrets

I’ll take wind+subfreezing any day over rain @ freezing temps.

[Arlingtonrider]

I just walked outside. Much warmer today!

[Harry Meatmotor]

@Arlingtonrider 101609 wrote:

I just walked outside. Much warmer today!

but fricken’ windy! HTFU FTW!

[Sunyata]

Oh the wind! Did anyone else feel as if they were going two miles per hour this morning? :confused:

At least it was much warmer than yesterday! 😎

[vern]

@Harry Meatmotor 101610 wrote:

but fricken’ windy! HTFU FTW!

Ha! Rolling from Reston to Crystal City…the wind was my friend.

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