Cloudy, Wet and Warm

The third tube I put in the tire finally held air this morning, and by then I was running rather late. I quickly loaded up the car and made the dash over to the Morning Call to meet the guys going over to do the northshore ride. John R called as I was turning onto Causeway Blvd. to see where I was. David was also there. David's from Ohio and is in town this week doing volunteer work for a church group.

We started out with twelve for what turned out to be a 65 mile ride this morning, losing two along the way who turned back early. The skies were cloudy and the air was thick and humid with the wind blowing out of the southeast, but the pace stayed steady, much of the time hovering around 22-24 mph. Of course there were the usual surges and harder efforts here and there, and we had to ease up a number of times to regroup, but it was a good training ride and I was glad we didn't get rained on, at least not enough to get really wet. I felt fairly good this weekend and in fact I think I felt stronger toward the end of the ride than I had at the beginning. Go figure.