Cold to Frozen

Well on my return trip home yesterday from the frozen tundra of Minnesota, let's just say it wasn't fun. For some reason we were over 1 hour delayed getting out of Minnesota therefore yep you guessed it...I missed my connection. When the plan landed in Charlotte I had 5 minutes to get to the otherside of the airport. I knew my running skills were going to have to come into play, but I guess since I'm not Chris McCormack (07 Ironman World Champion) I didn't make it in time. Not to mention I made a crucial pit stop at the restroom....If I were Ironman racing, there would be no stopping, just go. Maybe I should start to travel in my Tri-suit, and use that philosophy. :) So as the wheels touched down in Pittsburgh I still had a long way to go before I got home. There was a 4 car accident on the parkway and it took me over two hours to drive from the airport to my front door. As soon as I got home, we were off to the pool. At least the swim workout was pretty easy because I was in no mood to work out hard tonight. I also was thinking some really bad thoughts about Saturday morning with the chance that I'd be spending 3 hours indoors on the trainer.

So we woke up this morning around 7:00, got out of bed around 7:30 and I called my biking buddy Paul. It was cold out but the roads were dry so we decided to give it a go. Now when I say it was cold out, I really mean it was cold out. It was only 19 degrees outside with winds at 10-15 mph making it feel like 10 degrees. I layered up and we were off. We managed to get in two hours before I called it quits. At this point I couldn't feel my toes and was wondering if they were still in my shoes. Also not long into the ride I was unable to drink anymore out of my Profile Design Aero Drink. Take a close look at the straw....yep frozen!


So here I am finishing up the 2 hours outside our house. I should have been holding up a thermometer.
So regardless, I still had an hour to go so I took off a couple layers (4 to be exact) and finished up in the basement where the temperature was 50 degrees warmer.

posted by Chad Holderbaum @ 1:13 PM Comments: 1