weather

Hail Storm

Good thing I rode indoors this morning. This afternoon we had a nice thunderstorm roll through with pounding rain and hail! It left a nice

Cold and Windy VO2s

Even though it’s now April, the weather still feels like winter. It was sunny most of the day and looked warm outside, but it barely

Long Cold One

Heather and I did the Hamilton Corner–Emmett loop today. Originally we were planning to go all the way to Horseshoe Bend, but as we headed

Outside in Boise

Today was the first time I’ve ridden outside here in Boise, since November. The temperature was in the high 40’s by early afternoon so I

Snow/Rain

Even after the snow turned to rain, our snow banks still look mighty tall!

Shoveling and VO2s

We received yet more snow over the past 24 hours. I estimate it to be another 6″. It took Heather and me almost an hour

Snowbanks next to a driveway

More Snow

The snow keeps coming so the shoveling continues! This is starting to remind us of Utah winters.

After the Fog

It was really foggy out this morning and everything was damp, so I was already thinking that it would be another day indoors. But by

Pleasant Ride

I went on a nice ride today with Dan and Brent. With the Emmett-Roubaix race tomorrow, I didn’t want to do anything too long or

Oh no…snow!

Just when it seemed like spring was on it’s way, it snowed this morning! This could be really bad as our apricot tree was already

Snow and 2×20’s

With temperatures reaching the mid-40’s to 50’s lately, the snow we received today was somewhat unexpected. Some really dark clouds rolled into Boise at around

The Snow Keeps Coming

We’re waking up to snow almost daily now and the piles on the sides of our driveway are getting mighty high! I thought it would

Snow

Woke up to a beautiful clear sky and fresh snow on the ground. Did some shoveling as part of my warm-up then jumped on the

Warm, Cold, Warm

Another warm day here in the Treasure Valley so I set out to do a long ride. I was initially planning to go west to

Moon Crystals

We received a slight dusting of snow last night. The skies cleared by early morning with an almost full moon shining through ice crystals on

First Snow

We woke up to snow and much colder temperatures this morning. Kind of a reality check; it is late November so it had to come

Hail Storm

Glad I wasn’t riding outside when this storm came through! This afternoon we were treated to a nasty hailstorm with marble-sized hail. Not big enough

Back to Winter

After putting in a good 3-day block of training (outside to boot!) my body definitely felt like it was in an “over-reaching” state these last

Air Quality Alert

Yesterday they issued an air quality red alert due to the smoke from all the wildfires around the region. We’ve continued to have a bunch