October 19th (Morning)

Another chillier ride of 3° again this morning. My skull cap from MEC came in yesterday, though, so I got to try it out this morning. It was pretty good, as it stretches over my head and covers my ears with a fleece material. It only comes in one size, and as such I feel that it’s just a tad small on my big noggin, so I have to stretch it as far as it will go to fully cover my ears. As such, I noticed it tended to creep up leaving the bottoms of my ears exposed. However, all in all, I was very impressed. It did a great job of wicking away the sweat and at the end of the ride on Copperhead I didn’t feel the “brain freeze” I’ve become accustomed to there, so that was great! I also wore two pairs of socks, but my toes were still pretty cold at the end so I’m not sure what to do differently there. I also only wore a short sleeve shirt today (I only have one long sleeved shirt that I like), and it was pretty chilly for the first 20 minutes or so, but then it was perfect for the remainder of the ride.

I did manage yet another 0 stop ride this morning! I shifted early to granny gear this morning so that I could make sure I didn’t have to walk the 2nd to last hill at Rose Hill, and then I made the dip/corner section of single-track. I crossed the creek nicely, and the climb up the other side was great. So chalk up another victory for me!

As I rode across Frolek’s land, the sun started to come up behind me and literally seemed to set the hills and land on fire. The land all around me glowed an orange/red colour, and when I looked behind me that hills and clouds were red, beautiful! I stopped for a few seconds to just watch it actually.

Oh, and as I rode along the beginning of the Juniper trail, I passed three deer. They sort of moved around, a bit skittish, yet they didn’t take off but just hung out within 20 feet of me riding past. It’s kind of neat how they don’t just bolt.

Anyways, I felt really good today and I managed a lot of standing/sprinting sections on the street portion of the ride. I can’t wait ‘till my light comes so I can start leaving earlier rather than getting to work late, though! Maybe this week yet? The light has made it through Customs as of Friday night, but I haven’t seen any updates since then. Maybe the US postal service doesn’t track the package once Canada Post takes over? Hmmmm….