Friday, December 05, 2008

Nothin' in the tank

Crikey, it was cold this morning. I was awakened with an enthusiastic grooming from happily purring BoyCat. I scratch him, he fixes what little hair I have on my head and both the contented rumble and the warmth of the bed did little to encourage my departure for work. I manage to break the spell and start my day regardless.

Morning ablutions complete, I pack gear and food and then step out into December's biggest hit this year. Dig the Dummy from the garage and begin my trip to work. Within the first block my legs are just not going to have any of this nonesense today it appears. No power, no endurance, just cold and struggle for the entire commute. It was a bad scene, man.

I hope that this is just a bad day (I've had them before) and not a foreshadowing of my winter. With any luck, soon I'll be as right as rain and I'll join the fine folks on the Hiawatha shop ride tomorrow. If not, I may just stay in bed all weekend. I'm just getting off my on-call shift and that does sound rather enticing at the moment...

3 comments:

rigtenzin said...

Since the temp dropped below about 30, I've felt pretty poorly while riding.

Jim Thill said...

I rode downtown this morning. Plenty o' pep on the way in, but dead on the way back. I ate some pizza from Fat Lorenzo's and felt better.

Lanny said...

Hey man, it happens to all of us.

Apply hot dogs and beer to solve the problem.