This weekend was a bust for riding, even though  the weather was there for me to.  Let me explain.

Friday night it was snowing so I grabbed my newly mounted cross country skis and went out for about 2 hours.  It was a good time.  From this point out, winter won’t be completely awful as I now have something to do that challenges me cardiovascularly.  Most of the day Saturday was spent shoveling snow off the driveway and digging at the pile at the end of my driveway so I can get mail delivered.  The one good thing was that I got to take Campy for a 1.5 hour hike.  By the time that was all over, it was too dark and I was too tired to get on the bike.  Today was spent shoveling more snow, more hiking with Campy and since I did not ride in in this 45 degree weather, I figured I would build some wheels for the road bike.

Even though there was no riding done, I got to take Campy out for a while and that is just as important.  When I got the dog, the one thing I didn’t want to do was have her just sit inside all the time so I try to get her out and running as much as possible.  That is why I got a little athletic dog instead of a big loafy couch dog.  Sometimes it seems like a sacrifice my riding to take her hiking, but it is all worth it when you see her running and that tail wagging all over the place.  Plus, sometimes, its nice to just hike as it stretches out the muscles a little differently than just walking because of going up and over boulders and logs and things of that nature.