Yesterday morning was likely the last gasp of this winter that never was.  When I left for work, it was a nice, crisp 32°F.  Freezing temperatures are not unheard of around here in late March, but they’re not common either, and given how warm March has been, yesterday morning felt really Arctic.  Of course, today…

I hit 9000 miles on my road bike this morning, on my way into Patapsco State Park.  I was on the service road on the Howard County side that leads from River Rd. to the Avalon day use area.  I hit 8000 back on July 12, 2011, so it took around 8 months to log…

So, I did a 20 miler this morning on the way to work.  That’s a good bit longer than my average morning ride.  I wasn’t setting out to do 20+ miles; it just happened.  I had originally planned to do around 16-17 miles with a few more hills, but I got a leg cramp around…

I finally broke my February curse this year.  I rode to work 14 times, twice as many as any previous February.  Granted, this is only the 4th year I’ve commuted by bike regularly in the winter.  Bad weather has sidelined me a couple of years in February, and last year it was injury.  This year,…