Week Fourteen - Day Two

BIKE: Mike
TIME THERE: 29 min.
TIME BACK: 33 min.
WEATHER: partly cloudy, -5C (-12C with windchill), 20km/hr wind there; cloudy, -3C (-9C with windchill), 20km/hr wind back.
WHAT I WORE: thermal pants under yoga pants, turtleneck, waterproof shell, lobster gloves, scarf
NOTES:

Thoughts Running Through My Head During the Commute Today

• (upon sliding a bit on a completely uncleared and remarkably icy swath of road that happened to be the designated bike path) "Fuckity!"
• (on same icy swath of road) "Nice cycling infrastructure, city. You could be more supportive!"
• (upon seeing an oncoming cyclist bend his way around an icy corner wearing nothing but a toque on his head) "No helmet, Jesus!"
• "Buuhhhhh, this is too hard."
• "Thighs . . . hurting . . ."
• "HEY! I'm gonna catch up to you, sucka!"
• (moments later) "How the hell did you get so far ahead of me? What the hell!"
• "Lost cause . . . she's got two blocks on me now. How is she going so fast? Freak."
• "Sooo tiiiiiired . . . and this is even the easy ride. I'm going to be facing the wind on the way home! Buhhhhh."
• (on the way home) "Wind! Bah!"
• "I got to keep it goin', keep it goin' full steam" (quoting a line from the Beastie Boys song Intergalactic Planetary that I routinely repeat to myself while biking)
• "Has it really only been a week that I've been biking in snow? A week?? I have months left of this. How bad do you really want it, Johnson?"
• "Oh thank God, the last neighbourhood! Almost HOME!"
• (pulling up to the house) "Yay, made it home without falling again! Just wish it wasn't so damn hard. Mmm, dinner . . ."