I opened the door this morning and was shocked to find the streets wet and a light rain falling. By the time I put the Saris roof rack on the car, the rain had increased and I was good and wet. A few of us were heading across the lake to ride the Tour de La road course and it was not supposed to be raining. Luckily, by the time we got to the course in Loranger the sky was looking better and the six of us headed out for the first of two laps on the course. The rough sections were still pretty rough, although I could see where Robin had already patched some of the worst potholes on the particularly bad 3-mile stretch that heads North. The back half of this course is my favorite part, though. The road is smooth and there is a series of short steep little rollers. I really wish that the last 3- mile section from the last turn to the finish was smoother, though. I mean, it's not terrible, but it's not smooth either.
We had a good ride though. The course is pretty scenic and I really like it. Jay and Brooks were pushing the pace a bit on the hilly sections and on the last lap they opened a pretty good gap on Brandon, Amy, Yaro and me that took me a long time to close. By the time we finished two laps, my legs were tired. Right after we got back to the cars, it started to rain, so I guess we timed it pretty well!
I noticed that the health club where we'll be placing the start/finish and parking for the Tour de La road race is closed, so I'll need to change the directions in the race bible because people who are looking for a health club aren't going to find one any more. It looks like parking will be a little tight, but I think they'll be able to squeeze everybody in.
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