Cold and Wet Days

Winter has finally arrived. Yep. It is cold AND wet here in Northern California. How cold? Well, the low this mornig at my apartment was 37. For the Sacramento area, this is fairly cold in December. Not the coldest here, by any means, but add the rain into this mix, and the words "bone chill" come to mind. The snow level is currently around 1200 feet, which is low for this area. We have actually gotten snow in Sacramento Valley, but it doesn't look like it is going to happen this time around (Too bad, actually!). I've been in much colder temps (How's -20 in Indiana sound?). But when you are outside...

Yesterday, I worked a cyclocross bike event in Monterey. I love working these, but yesterday was just COLD. We had our small propane heater, but the poor fingers just would not get warm for more than a minute or two. The rain started around 1:00pm and really didn't let up after that. Thankfully, conditions were really good, race-wise, and we didn't have any major injuries. Not even road rash yesterday, which is really unusual for this group. Shivering bodies aside (and many were!), I am glad they all had fun!