Oddly, it was just myself and younger Kevin today. Maybe everyone else was waiting for it to get warmer before riding? Temps ran between 34 and 37 degrees for most of the ride, with roads still damp from the weeping hillsides (which will likely be the case for some time, given how much rain we’ve had this month). As you can see in the photo, it was quite beautiful up on Skyline, as well as on West Old LaHonda, where it’s always beautiful.
The single-lane section of 84, between Skyline and Woodside, looks to be a problem that will continue for some time. Today we were delayed about 5 minutes, while Tuesday it was closer to 15. If you’re in a rush, I’d suggest finding another way down the hill!
Now, as for the breathing getting better, the question is, why? Hopefully it’s because I added Qvar back into the mix. Originally, I was on Qvar as a maintenance (every day) med, plus situationally (before a hard ride). Since that didn’t seem to do much, Singulair was substituted for the Qvar. Another 6 months without improvement (and frankly, things just seemed to continue to get worse). So about 10 days ago I added Qvar back into the mix, while still taking the Singulair. Qvar takes about two weeks to get up to speed, but today I think, I hope, I might have seen some real benefit. I sure hope so! We’ll see how things go this weekend.
Good to hear you’re sensing progress. Nice pic, BTW.
The following ride I saw power readings that pretty much prove things have gotten better recently. The only thing I can attribute it to is going back on Qvar. Inhalers are a bit of a pain but I’m getting used to them.