Must be Fall

Although the autumnal equinox was a few days ago, I was still awaiting final confirmation until this morning when Richard showed up, early, for the morning levee ride. I suppose it must have been the cool and clear weather that prompted the unusually large turnout this morning. Both John and Scott, victims of the Giro ride crash a couple of weeks ago, were there, along with most of the usual krewe. We were already ten miles down the road before I reached up to unzip the jersey. Once you get accustomed to 80+ with 100% humidity, drier air in the 60s feels positively chilly. At any rate, the ride was uneventful and I was content to cruise along at the prevailing pace and enjoy the awesome weather. It was hard to turn off and head back home when we were done.

We're still trying to get the final OK for the Rocktoberfest course, which we are hoping will be on the UNO East Campus, just across the levee from its usual location. Keith and Robin will be making another push to get the approval today. It's a fairly simple race to put on, being one of the last of the season. We usually use leftover race numbers and pins, and sometimes dig up a bunch of leftover water bottles, T-shirts, or whatever is hanging around from prior events that we or Premier Event Management have put on recently. It's looking like I won't be there this year, however. George Heagerty is having his second annual "local association" meeting in Colorado Springs and I volunteered to go to represent LAMBRA. Feel free to send me your USCF gripes -- at least the ones that the local association (aka LAMBRA) can do something about. I'm not really sure what I'm getting myself into here, but I guess I'll find out soon enough. Hopefully I'll find the energy to make the long drive up to Monroe this weekend for the road race. I wonder who else from around here is going?