Jen decided not to ride her bike with me this morning because it was too cold. She ran instead. Apparently, running is much warmer than biking. I wouldn't know. But she probably made the right call. It was in the mid-twenties when I left. We moved the clocks back last Sunday so now it is lighter in the mornings which was nice. I know it won't last long because we'll continue to lose light up until December 21st. Then it will begin to come back again.
I dressed with all my warm gear and headed up the foothills of Herriman. The first climb up above Herriman pond felt great. In fact, I was contemplating removing a layer because I was pretty warm. By the time I hit Rose Canyon I began to feel the cold. As I continued to ascend the temperature dropped. I couldn't tell if it got colder because of the gain in elevation or if it was the fact that the sun was almost up and I think it always gets colder just as the sun is about to come up. By the time I got to the top of the road I was glad I had all my layers on. On the decent I felt my feet go numb. I was glad to get back when I did. I may need to rethink this winter riding idea. Maybe I'll look into getting rollers? Tomorrow should be better. We'll try to get out during the middle of the day.
This is where the paved road ends up Rose Canyon and the dirt road begins.
As you can see, the snow is starting to stick up here.
The road heading back down.
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