Gravel Grinding

Chris Locke's Parkville Gravel Grinder (1/9/11) served as my first outside road/gravel ride of 2011.  Hopefully, it will also be the only ride (outside) for 2011 where temps are less than 20 degrees.  My water froze solid in the bottle before mile 2, and my hands were numb before I left the parking lot--it was really F-ing cold.  Luckily, the pace never jumped up too high because I had no water and my gels froze in the container.  Towards the end, my legs felt pretty heavy and I'm sure the lack of nutrition didn't help.

All things considered, it turned out to be a great ride once my hands finally warmed up.  We got in about 35 miles of gravel/ road in 2.5 hours.  Fun ride.  Thanks to those who put it on.