It was 53 degrees at the start of our ride/run with a stiff breeze from the NNW. The lower-than-normal temps felt wonderful, though. However, we could have done without the steady 15 mph wind. Basically, I set out this morning to guard my wife during her run/walk training from the countless jerk-off Black Friday shoppers that were rushing about frantically from store to store. I also carried her one water bottle on my bike. The shopping mall across the lake was already filled to capacity with relentless, two-legged bargain-hunters. Looking out at the roads from the safety of the sidewalks, it was apparent that any sense of sanity was missing from the main thoroughfares. In closing, it was a good morning to be on the sidewalks and not the roadways.