The hourly forecast for this morning had called for clear skies by around 5 a.m., but they were off by a few hours. Our small Friday ride Krewe labored under more grey skies and strong winds, but now, little darlin', here comes the sun ("and I say it's allright.")
The ride was pretty decent despite the wind and gloom. Rob and I traded pulls most of the way out while Jeff and Donald hung about 5 seconds back for some reason. I can't say I was feeling real good, though, and it took a little discipline to keep my pulls up to speed even though I wasn't taking more than 50 or 60 strokes. So I got in a pretty good workout, which was OK for this Friday since I'm really short on saddle time this week after missing three whole days because of rain.
The Daughter will be off to Champaign, Illinois this weekend for a meet with the University of Illinois that I know will be a tough one for them. Illinois is ranked quite high this year, and there might be a little bit of a revenge attitude at this meet since Iowa beat them at the Big Ten championships last year. The Daughter is still having problems with her ankle. They took some MRI images yesterday, so we haven't heard what they showed yet, but at any rate it's not improving like she would want. Add to that the fact that most of the team was sick with a nasty stomach virus last week and it will be tough for them to be at their best, which is where they need to be against this team.
We're supposed to be heading back up to Iowa City in a couple of weeks for their home meet against Iowa State, which should be fun except that we can't really afford to be travelling like this. Of course, I'm expecting another blizzard will come through that weekend as usual . . .
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