Notes from the Morning Ride

[legalmoose]

I got hit by a bird when we first started up. Two birds were either fighting or fucking, but in any case they came swooping down in the road, not looking where they were going, and one of them smacked me. Never before have I felt like Fabio. No blood, no scratch, thankfully.

You can tell it's spring pollen season when you look down and your tire is a lovely shade of light yellow. Ick.

Despite the bird incident it was a good ride. Overcast, cool, mid-60s. The rain that looked threatening never happened, so it was smooth sailing. Got dropped, as I expected, but no worries there, I just got in a good ride, keeping the cadence up and attempting to keep the heart rate at a decent level. Was a tad high, but it'll get better as the season progresses.

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Comments

[alfheimr.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* That's funny to me. I'm glad you weren't hurt. I remember last summer every day I'd have a momma bird swoop down and peck at my helmet. I'm guessing it was a momma - she could have just been a bitch.

[legalmoose]

I was more startled than anything else. Kept feeling my nose to make sure I wasn't bleeding. Oy!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

*waves*

Hey there, hope you don't mind if I read along for a while.

The graphic on your profile page has me intrigued. I am in the process of moving to DC. There is a great deal more, but hey... no point in putting all of that here.