Thursday, December 17, 2009

Layoff Blues

Caught a good day yesterday. Low 40s in the morning, broke out a couple of layers and rode the old girl to work. Managed to escape about 3:00 PM, temperature was 62 degrees and was able to cut down to one layer. Nice day for a putt.

Christmas traffic started early, so didn't stay on the road long. About 45 minutes was enough. Most startling thing was how I seemed to be more distant from the bike, as though we had to get reacquainted. We really don't have much of a layoff in south Louisiana, but even a couple of weeks has an effect. Not a big thing, just not as comfortable on the machine as when I am riding regularly/daily. Big rain today, so no riding. Road trip tomorrow, so no riding. Maybe by early next week I'll be back on again. I do know I'll try not to allow too much time to elapse. Don't want to get rusty!

Keep riding, brethren.

Tom