Avoiding the "real feel" of pain

Sometimes the most simple bit of advice is worth more than an entire book. This morning, the temperature equaled 30. Real feel equaled 20. Not the way to start a long ride. Especially when my warm gloves were left accidentally in the wash and still wet. I found two sets of fall gloves and put all four on to stay warm.

It didn't work. Fifteeen minutes into the ride, my fingers were ready to snap into pieces.  I started complaining.  John told me three words:  "Fists in palms."  Pull your fingers out of the tips and make a fist inside the palm of your glove.  So simple and so good.  Rather than ending the ride after seven miles, I managed to finish a forty mile glide along quiet roads.

"The simplest things are often the truest" said Richard Bach.

[Words to keep the attorneys at bay: Take turns on each side.  Don't do this in a pack.  Don't do while riding in traffic]