Its been a tough January, with most of the time spent in the “colder” area of the thermometer.
The National Weather Service has declared this January to the be 5th coldest on record, with an average temperature of -26.7f :
AT FAIRBANKS...THIS JANUARY WILL LIKELY GO DOWN
IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE 5TH COLDEST ON
RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF-26.7
DEGREES THROUGH YESTERDAY. TEMPERATURE DATA
AT FAIRBANKS DATES BACK TO 1904.
While it is possible to bike in -40f temperatures, its slow and not particularly fun, which has put a bit of a dent in my ITI training, but such is life. Hopefully things will warm up a bit soon and I can get some longer (8-10 hour) rides in. Think warm!
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Fear not. When Andy and I did the invitational, the January temp was -22F, the coldest I have experienced until this year. We didn’t train much in January. Andy didn’t even decide to do the race until two days before. You have some fine miles under your belt, and will feel like you’re flying down there in the warm air.