i woke at 4.40am to see the world a little bit brighter than normal. i thought that the new snow would make for a fun ride in on the crossbike without a lot of ice, you know fresh tracks on the road and little bit of trail, but instead it was ice, not the fun rocky mountain snow and little bit of packed snow with a spot of ice every so often, instead it was black ice the whole way into work. i made it to the donut shop (daylight donuts) and got my pinecone and was almost to work when i made a left, or actually my bike made a left without me, before i knew it i was on the ground bouncing off my shin, again right on the same spot as the last two falls. when i tried to get up my first thought was oh shit, more bloody pants. luckily my leg wasn't bleeding too much. work was good today, not any problems and i was a good boy all day. after work i got on the bike and did a bunch hill repeats, the body and legs weren't thrilled with my choice of workouts but it was better than 90 minutes of soft-pedaling while freezing, it was maybe 30 degrees outside. the hill was good and long and the road was mostly ice-free, i felt good doing one more than i had wanted to do, and the legs were responsive to the work the lungs really hurt, i thought i was going to hurl on the second to last effort, good stuff! a mellow spin home and then a great dinner of salmon, salad, orzo and biscuits. a great day. i feel so much better when i get to actually train.