Unbroken Chain

Well, the fog wasn't quite as bad this morning, but it was still heavy enough to keep the headlight on and get everything good and wet during the morning levee ride. It was only Joe and I at first, but after a while I heard John say "I'm here" as he latched onto Joe's wheel. This is the sixth straight day of heavy morning fog, and it's starting to get old. By the time I went to work, it seemed like the fog had just gotten worse instead of better. In fact, the tops of the taller buildings downtown were still in the fog until late afternoon. The Weather Channel isn't offering much hope either, having issued a Dense Fog Advisory earlier today:

"THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST TUESDAY. DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS LIGHT WINDS AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE COMBINE TO PRODUCE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT."

Great. More of the same. Anyway, John and I traded long, even pulls this morning at a steady 21 mph as the condensing fog dripped from the fronts of our helmets onto our noses. At least it wasn't cold, otherwise we might have thought we were in Seattle. My legs were still feeling kind of stiff from the weekend rides. At work, things are already getting into that odd schizophrenic state that the holidays always inspire. Some people and projects seem to suddenly go into hibernation for the duration, while other people shift into manic mode, compulsively trying to wrap up old projects before the end of the year. Just for the record, I fall distinctly into the former category.

The 2007 LAMBRA race calendar is still shifting around a bit. Frank Moak called this evening to say that he was swapping dates with one of the Baton Rouge time trials, and one of the road races near Meridian, MS is looking to move to a different date too. Every time one race moves, it causes a ripple effect all through the calendar. Even so, it's important that we get a reasonably solid calendar out there pretty soon, or there will just be more conflicts with events in neighboring states. Texas officially announced their Texas Cup calendar recently. As usual, the Tour de La conflicts with the Matrix Challenge, but luckily Texas has more than enough riders to go around. At any rate, I'm set to announce the LAMBRA calendar at the end of the week, ready or not. I know it's hard for some of the promoters to nail their dates down this early, but they'll be glad they did when their events sneak up on them as always seems to happen.

Laura sent in the club's team kit order, along with a big check, today, which is probably about the earliest we've ever gotten it done. Naturally someone called me tonight to see about ordering his stuff! I wonder when the stuff will arrive.