winter grit

I like the dual meaning of the word grit, both to have tenacity and the small abrasive dirt that seems to get in everything this time of year. One leads to the other with winter riding. I lacked one and didn't get any of the second meaning yesterday, but intend to remedy that this weekend where rain is in the forecast for the next three days. I came off a six day road trip to Texas yesterday. The purpose was to deliver Heidi and her car to the Keystone pipeline protest just outside Dallas. I arrived home sleep deprived and spent from a week in a car seat instead of on a bicycle saddle. I had the best intentions of spending the afternoon on the bike, but it started raining so I punked out and rode the chaise instead. Today I am determined to at least ride the fixie to the gym and get some sort of workout. Saturday I'll try to get more of a real ride in. Lots of bike and motorcycle chores to do of course. So some major share of the weekend will be devoted to grit.