Yet another lunchtime Crackberry post.
The ride in, this morning, resembled the Weather Channel footage of some poor reporter standing outside at the edge of the front left quadrant of a hurricane. The rain was coming down in buckets, and the 25 mph headwind was driving it into me in sheets of moisture resembling breaking waves.
A couple of streets I rode on were flooded from gutter to gutter. I could have kayaked a good bit of the ride in.
Luckily, I decided (at the last minute) to wear my rain pants, along with my winter shell jacket. The pants are from the rainsuit I carry with me on long motorcycle rides, and they are a bit warm for cycling. Today, with the temps in the mid-40s and only forecasted to get to 53F (is it really June?), I was more concerned with avoiding windchill-induced hypothermia than I was with getting sweaty.
The wind slowed me, a bit, and it took 5 extra minutes to get here (38 minutes door to door), but I really enjoyed the ride. There's something about severe weather which turns the normal routine into an adventure.
I just hope that the weather is a bit less entertaining for the 24 Hour race, this Friday and Saturday. There's just so much adventure that I want in one week.
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Ahh weather!gotta love it.Hail is the worst on a bicycle,but it's either grin and bear it(or drive?)Nah I'm jus'kiddin'
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