With the first snow of this winter falling during the night and morning, any plans for rides outside quickly vanished with the growing amount of wet snow trickling out of the rain-bessoden clouds. With temperatures above zero it just isn't cold enough for the snow to settle. Lets hope next week brings some freezing temperatures. For now I settled on a half hours' worth of Tacx Satori , listening to Spotify streaming away my favorite tunes and reading one of Ray Bradburys' 100 best stories. The legs felt fine.
With the weather going colder, the forecast for the coming days speaking of below zero temperatures, the chance of riding out this weekend in relatively dry but cold weather was something to look forward to. For today I settled on an easy ride on the rollers, maintaining a good pace and low heartrate and getting the legs into a recovery state.
Today saw the coming of wet and colder weather. No weather to walk out in , so I was anxious to get some exercise in when arriving home from work. I got on the Hilset on the Tacx Satori and started pedalling . I could maintain a good speed and rhythm whilst keeping my heartrate relatively low..
The weather had a dry intermezzo between 2 rain zones so I rode out with the Moots Psychlo-X for a mixed ride. Taking me around Leuven I first rode to Heverlee Park and then moved on towards Kessel Lo and Herent. The wind was playing with me as I rode along the railroad tracks to Winksele. Here I rode towards the Brusselsesteenweg and after following that a little while back towards Leuven I took a right turn towards Egenhoven . I did enjoy the nice temperatures and the sun which was piercing the evaporating clouds. The sun was also a foe when it blinded me with the refelctions on the wet tarmac from time to time. The last bit of my loop was spent riding into Heverleebos and then following the Naamsesteenweg into Blanden
Ride Stats : 30K and 270 heightmeters (Garmin) in 01h15mins