Training Log Archive: Nadim

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Max's after care. On an evening when a lot of people had a story to tell, I had gotten a call from Peggy saying that she was stuck in traffic and would not be able to pickup Max before his after school care closed. I rushed out only to encounter single-track metro train delays on two lines. I got out the station fast and just about to the parking garage when I realized that I'd somehow lost my van keys! I doubled back to the station to check in the falling snow to see if I'd dropped them. With no luck and already being late, I ran to get Max. Peggy met me there a few minutes later. Peggy returned me to the station later but I still hadn't found my keys. We got home in her car, and discovered that our power was out.

I cleared my driveway and sidewalk. It was easier with the van not being parked on it. The wet and heavy snow had stopped but enough was falling off of tree branches that swayed in the wind, that it appeard to be more accumulation.

From Northfield Rd. to the Bethesda Metro Station and into a garage. I had ridden on my mountain bike back to check with the station manager to see if anyone had found my keys--no luck. I ran up the long escalator stairs. All 3 had stopped or were not working. The snow wasn't that bad to ride through but it was difficult going uphill especially when I had started out in a tough gear and didn't realize it. I could ride well when the 4" heavy wet snow was uniform but where it transitioned from hard pack to slush or soft snow, both front and rear tires would alternately slide sideways. There were some downed power lines to get around too. Lightning still flashed above too in the stormy sky.