So Today started as usual with the group meeting in Tesco but this week the cold seemed to put paid to a large Group…. The Brave Souls this morning Liam, Paul, Lee, Tom, Niall, Paddy, and Paul O’Donoghue back after 6 weeks off the bike with a virus, so with no apparent wind we headed for Glenbower and picked up Kellys mate and Carrick group legend Vinnie Cronin and his son who were out very early and were on the way back to Ahenny. The group headed for the Fiddown Bridge and the cold could be felt going over it… I checked our average speed and Temperature and the Windchill was a between -1.5 & -5deg C for most of the morning. The two Pauls headed back early at this stage and the 5 strong did the Portlaw Loop and the blasted home to Clonmel none left behind as usual.. We had a great spin today meeting groups from Carrick Wheelers, Waterford Racing and Comeragh CC on the road now the roads were a bit greasey but at least it was dry…….important things to remember your body uses more calories in the cold to stay warm so it needs to be fed consstantly during cold spins also you loose a lot of moisture through breathing in cold weather so remember to keep on sippin..
http://www.lenntech.com/calculators/wind/wind-chill.htm