It Never Rains in SoCal...it Snows!

I was just looking at my total mileage for 2008 and it is at a respectable 4,542 miles as of Christmas Day. Not bad since I really didn't start training until mid-June. And last week I actually had to take a couple of days off the bike due to, of all things, snow!

Now snow in the Socal might seem unusual, and it is for most of Southern California but we live in the high desert, 60 miles and a mountain range North of Los Angeles. At around 2500 to 3000 feet in elevation here in the Mojave Desert towns of Lancaster and Palmdale, collectively known as the Antelope Valley, we get snowfall every few years or so and by Mid-West standards is pretty anemic. But this snowfall was around 10" plus and that's enough to paralyze any area in Southern California. The snow actually stayed around for a few days. It started falling Wednesday morning on 12/17 and stopped Wednesday night. I was back on the bike on Friday but the roads were pretty sloppy and I still haven't cleaned up my bike yet.I Got good rides in Saturday to yesterday, Christmas Eve, but today on Christmas Day it's raining and blowing wind at around 40mph - makes riding a bit tough. Time for the trainer and my weight lifting workout just to keep my wife's opinion of me as a "fanatic" in tact.

Merry Christmas Everyone!