Long Levee Ride

It was still down around 51 F this morning, but felt much warmer than yesterday. The combination of a much lighter wind and a clear sky that promised sunshine must have helped. I was also trying out my new DeFeet UnDeflector (isn't it great having friends with DeFeet sponsorship?) It worked great. Finally a high-tech version of the old newspaper-under-the-jersey trick!!

There were a good 17 riders out this morning for the long ride and although the pace stayed quite fast all the way out, I don't we lost anyone who really wanted to stay with the group. The return trip was actually quite civilized, even though the pace stayed pretty fast. Somebody must have been short-circuiting the paceline up near the front because the rotation was limited to maybe four riders for a long time. Eventually I pulled up alongside the guy in front of me just so I could get out in the wind and get my heartrate back into training effect territory.

A few of the guys are still trying to figure out a way to do a Wednesday training race series without getting all tangled up in USCF permits and insurance and all, but as I explained earlier that's really not possible any more unless you want to be bait for the personal injury lawyers. Maybe we'll get an official series off the ground some time around mid-summer. We shall see.

Quite busy at work today and more yet to do, plus an interview at 7 p.m. that one of the local riders is doing with me as part of his communications class. I made sure to set that one up at P.J.'s over on Maple Street!!

The picture above is from the 2-person time trial (just posted some new photos, BTW). This rider from the University of New Orleans club says that the pins are his trademark.