LOOK at Vadnais

When you do something hard it always feels a bit more rewarding when the pool of others doing the same thing is suddenly restricted. So it was today. It still looked a lot like yesterday outside but temperatures dropped another 10 or 15 degrees. It was 48 when I headed out the door and there is just nothing like sub-50 degree temperatures to thin out the outdoor exercise crowd. I reverted to SmartWool socks, long pants, long sleeve jersey and full helmet liner (that means ears covered). North into the wind was still a tiny bit coolish but it was also mostly private, only a few others had ventured out on their bicycles.

I took the full 8 lakes tour. Here is LOOK at Vadnais.I like that red branched bush there on the shore. The wheel set also features red, it is the Mavic Ksyrium Edition Anniversaire, a special edition with all black spokes except for one red one on each wheel and red hubs.

Cool it may have been for March 2012 but the TOPWLH pointed out to me that it is plenty warm for March in general. According to something she read in the newspaper this morning, last year on this date the temperature was 18 and there was still four inches of snow cover.

Vadnais on the summer bicycle was a lucky accomplishment for March 25.