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Between schedule issues and road conditions I finally got in my first decent road ride of the year, just 25 miles but I picked a route that took me over pretty much all the big hills near me, so plenty of effort expending and the distance was just right given today's cold and wind . Felt really good, found I'm in better mid-winter condition than I expected I would be given that I've barely been doing 30 miles/week commuting lately, haven't been out on a decent ride in almost 4 weeks. I'll chalk it up to all the CX riding I did in November and early December, and the little bits of running and hiking I've done since then.
This was also the first time I tried using the Bar Mitts I got (myself) for Christmas on a proper road ride, if anything actually they're too warm to use when it's 33 and windy out, I had to take my gloves off entirely for the second half of the ride, and deliberately rode down the last big descent with bare hands to get rid of excess heat and moisture.
No on-ride pic but here's the bike I was on, with the BMs installed.
