I think my body has figured out that it will soon be very unhappy with me. All it wants to do is lie in bed and eat ice cream. ICE CREAM! I tell you. Its freezing out!!! Plus who wakes up at three in the morning and thinks: "This is the perfect time for jelly beans."

Yesterday was supposed to be Day 7 of training, and I canceled it due to gale force winds, hail, temperatures around zero and threats of snow. One may wonder - what if I get this weather in two weeks from now? Did I not think of this before?

Well. As it happens i did, and at the end of Jan/the beginning of Feb, when I was starting to figure out the timing for this trip, I asked the 'locals' if I needed to be worried about snow on the passes in May.

May? They said. Absolutely not! There will be no snow.

Those same locals are the ones now commenting 'Well what about snow? aren't you worried about snow?"

I actually think I will be fine. That it will still warm up maybe five degrees (according to annual weather statistics) - which won't be tropical or anything, but it will be sufficient to keep roads from icing up. But in the meantime, not really doing much training.

Oh well. Its not like over-preparing for my trips is something I've ever excelled at.

ugh. those jelly beans were a mistake. I feel awful this morning.