Nice Riding Weather!

Oh if only Mother Nature would smile for us Canadians!! The weather this past week has been fantastic, getting everyone outdoors and breathing in the fresh air. It's been a rather dry winter, and not really that cold, so I was able to get out and run a lot more than I ever have (actually, if I'd gone out once, I would've been out more than I ever have), and now that the roads are dry and the sun is shining with temps in the teens, it's time to bust out the road bike and go for a ride. It was a great day for that, with some wind but nothing serious. The route I normally take out of Barrie is into Innisfil and that normally has me going into the wind or getting a cross wind. It can be tiring, but it is also nice because I can get a good workout from that. I then rode west on cty rd 21 to 56 with a little head wind. Once I turned onto 56 there was no wind and it was smooth sailing. I made my return turn onto the 25th sideroad where there are a lot of rolling hills (really no clear flat stretch at all on the 25th) and like most bike rides that I do, I turned north on cty rd 27 and turn up Mapleton Ave to ride up the Mapleton Hill (1 km up, 11% grade...nice hill to bike up if you want to work on hills). All in all, it was a great day for my first ride of the year, and I hope that the weather stays somewhat nice so that I can get out more often...oh, and the city gets the sweepers out to clean things up a bit!