Calhoun #1

After a long weekend of visiting friends in Milwaukee, I needed a good workout to start the week. The morning forecast called for evening rain, but with the recent accuracy of weather.com, I still had hopes for my first laps of the year around Lake Calhoun. Rain came during the day, and then it went. At day's end, I walked to my car and the pavement was dry, so it was a go... in 54 degree F weather in shorts and a T-shirt. I pushed three laps straight and stayed just warm enough to be comfortable, but wow, I could not move my arms when I was done as they had little movement and nearly froze from wind and speed, a bit of a weird feeling, but not really too uncomfortable. The uncomfortable part came after on my way to getting my skates sharpened for tomorrow's championship game, and my knees started to hurt like they've never hurt before. I felt old. Gah. I'm home now and they're fine again, maybe it was the cold. I sure hope it was. Oh well, it was good to finally get around that lake again. I figure I'll be there 2-3x per week this summer. Perhaps one day I'll live within walking distance.