Spring Training

The deep freeze finally lifted. From mid-January until this past weekend the weather was miserable. My bike riding was limited to using an indoor trainer. This weekend I finally was able to ride outside. Saturday I was having a good ride until I ran over some glass and sliced my tire. At least I was near the end of the ride.

Sunday I met up with Jeff Strittmatter aka Stritty. Stritty is doing the DC ride with me. He bought a new bike which arrived at the same time as the bad weather. So Sunday was his first ride on his new bike. We rode for a couple of hours, riding all the city. Stritty saw the famous attack turkey, whose partner in crime was hit by a car over the winter. These two turkeys chased me and attacked bike riders all season last year. Here is a link to an article about my experiences with these turkeys:

http://www.wglaw.com/publication_files/112ATTPUB_ppg.pdf.

The bad boy didn't go after us this time. Today was the best day yet, with the temperature topping 70. So, for the first time this year I rode to work. When the weather is good I try to commute by bike a couple of times a week. I get a little work out before work and can work off the stress of a day in the office on the way home. It also kind of fun to pedal by all the cars stuck in rush hour gridlock. Now it really feels like Spring is right around the corner. Before we know it Pirate pitchers will be serving up homers again.