Ride Report 10/4

Partnered 39 miles ARBT Discovery Park-Hagan Park & back

I'm over my cold, but the allergies have moved in. This ride was supposed to be the ARBT from end to end (about 72 miles), but a few miles in I'm wheezing too hard to make a go of it and can't go much faster than 15mph. Also, both of us are stunned at how chilly it is this morning and just can't seem to warm up. So, after stopping at a Raley's for a last-ditch hope that decongestants will allow me to go the whole way, stop at a picnic table just outside Hagan Park and call it the halfway point. Sitting in the sun, we're both still cold and don't want to stay too long. We help a couple of women who are trying to put more air in one of their tires and then it's home to hot soup, cider and bed.