I guess I\’m getting into self-compensation. As a result of Ida, I had to toss a fair amount of food.

Among the gone-bad stuff was a concoction that I called, Taco Black. It was a mixture of canned black beans; chopped onion and red bell pepper; and a can of Taco Complete.

This was a new dish; and I was rather disgruntled that I didn\’t get to eat it. Yesterday I cooked up a new batch; and put it in the freezer. Of course I ate a small sample; but I have other things that I need to use first. I just hope there\’s not a prolonged power outage anytime soon!

I skipped the salvage store yesterday; and that meant less mileage than I normally get on Saturday. I thought of going for a short ride on the road bike, as compensation; but by early afternoon the wind was pretty strong. I decided I didn\’t want to fight it; and stayed home.

Late in the afternoon, I noticed that my right quad felt sore and strained. DOMS, perhaps? I did force work on Thursday; and maybe it was catching up with me.

Taste of Winter?

Today I rode 35.5 miles; and I had to battle a headwind most of the way home. The wind was 13-14 mph; and gusts were as high as 23 mph! It was some compensation that I finally had a good tailwind for the final mile; but my overall average speed was still only 11.53 mph. It seemed to take forever to get back home; and I feel like such a slowpoke!

It was cool enough for arm warmers and leg warmers. I thought it might get a bit too warm for a jacket; so I wore a jersey with the arm warmers, plus my vest. I figured I could pull off the arm warmers if I needed to; and I can always unzip the vest.

Today\’s workout is a taste of Winter: chilly wind; a nose that won\’t stop running; and trying to juggle dressing warmly enough with not overdressing, and thus getting overheated during the ride. I don\’t like having to stuff articles of clothing into my Camel-Bak pockets,

because I have other things stowed there; so the only alternative is to keep the jacket (or whatever) on.

When I get back home after a prolonged tussle against the wind, my compensation is my recovery drink. Then I can be lazy for a while; but Sunday also means that I have to get ready for the upcoming work week. Where\’s my compensation for that?