We don’t need no doctor, at least a doctor telling us what most winter cyclists already know. It can be done. But for the doubters out there, here’s a recent article from the New York Times:

Extreme cold can be safe for exercisers — that runs contrary to conventional wisdom. But in fact, said John W. Castellani, an exercise physiologist at the Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, it turns out that even though cold can be frightening, more people are injured exercising in the heat than exercising in the cold.

Dr. Castellani was lead author of a 2006 position paper from the American College of Sports Medicine on exercising in the cold.

The big question was, “Is it ever too cold?” Dr. Castellani said. “The answer is no. People go to the poles, people are out there when it’s minus-50 degrees, people do incredible things, and safely. There really isn’t a point where you can tell people it is not safe anymore.”

Complete article

Yes, it’s long overdue: www.AllYearGear.com version 4.0. The original version launched around 1997 or 1998 and was not much more than a basic Microsoft Publisher web site wrapped around some race reports. 2.0 in 2000 was a very simple Dreamweaver site. 2002 saw was a major overhaul which added photo gallery and a fancy Java applet main menu (which the search engines apparently didn’t like.)

This new version is based on a custom WordPress theme and (soon) Gallery 2.0. Over the next few weeks I hope to get all the old race reports and photos moved over to this site.