Reporting in, once again

On Friday morning I was feeling tired from Thursday's workout.  I paddled mostly easy for 50 minutes under overcast skies with an occasional drizzle.

Friday went on to be quite a rainy day.  The rain moved out in the evening and some colder air moved in to replace it.  When I got up yesterday morning it was 39 degrees Fahrenheit--not just terribly cold, but with a lot of dampness in the air and on the ground it was that "penetrating" kind of cold.  I went down to the Greenbelt Park and did my dry-land routine, during which the sun gradually came out.  As usual, I put all the effort I could into each exercise and knocked the session out efficiently.

As I drove down to the riverfront this morning, my car's dashboard temperature display seemed stuck, stubbornly, on 39 degrees once again.  But the wind wasn't bad, and the sun was shining, so the conditions were actually pretty decent for paddling.  After warming up I paddled a strong tempo for 35 minutes, and then completed the hour with a cooldown.

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