I\’m test weary. Who isn\’t?

COVID-19 testing is a drag. I work on a university campus; and now that the students are back, they\’re testing everyone more frequently. For a while, at least, it will be every two weeks for staffers like me. Once a MONTH was enough of a nuisance!

I guess cyclists in serious race training get test weary, too. They need to determine their functional threshold power, for one thing; and from what I\’ve read about it, that isn\’t exactly fun. There are other tests, too; but FTP is the term that sticks in my mind.

A morning ride feel like a test in cold weather. It\’s even more of a test because cold weather means that it\’s cold in here; and I\’m slow and sluggish as a result.

It seems to take ever so much longer to get ready for a ride on cold mornings. I have to put on extra layers; and just when I think I\’m ready to go, I remember something else!

Day before yesterday it warmed up considerably: mid-70s in the afternoon! I might soon have to face the test of riding in the rain. Cold + rain + dark + wind tests any cyclist\’s patience and stamina; and there are spells when it seems like I\’ll never have an UN-rainy ride again.

All I can do is keep plodding along. Sometimes the only way out is through.