Hints of Spring

I hate the 50s. When the temperature is in the 40s I know what to wear, and when it's in the 60s I likewise know what to wear, but the 50s are tough. As you may have guessed, it was in the 50s this morning when the 5:45 alarm sounded. I debated what to wear, or not wear, for a while and finally settled on a summer jersey underneath my Pearlizumi Kodiak. It was a little chilly at the start, and a little warm at the end.

There was a pretty big group this morning for the long Thursday levee ride, and somewhere in there were a few hints of spring. For example, Robin was there today. Of course, the big hint that spring might be coming was the warmer weather and the larger turnout that included a few guys like Brady who we don't see too regularly. Even Realdo showed up toward the end of the ride. Realdo will be moving to Mauritus some time around mid-summer. Should be interesting!

Despite the healthy turnout, though, the pace wasn't particulary fast, and a bunch of guys turned around early. The rest of the group kept up a nice brisk pace all the way out to the turnaround through a steadily increasing fog. By the time we started back my glasses were clouded with water and the fog was just getting thicker and thicker. I suppose that must have been one reason that we went back so slowly. For sure I shouldn't be complaining. I'm still not feeling quite back in the groove, training-wise, so it was probably a good thing that the pace remained moderate today. Actually, I enjoyed the ride today despite the fog, and I'm hoping I can somehow maintain some reasonable level of fitness with this one-week-on / one-week-off training program I seem to be stuck with this year.

After being off of work Monday and Tuesday, I'm surprised that tomorrow it will already be Friday. What a short work week! I ended up spending a lot of time today dealing with various LAMBRA issues. The Association needs to get registered with the state, and we need to finally straighten out the name change that happened a few years ago when we went from being the Louisiana Bicycle Racing Association to being the Louisiana-Mississippi Bicycle Racing Association. Not quite sure exactly how we are going to deal with that yet. To the IRS, we're LABRA, and to the bank we're LAMBRA, the state doesn't know about us yet, and USA Cycling knows us as LAMBRA but our W-9 says LABRA. It's kind of messy, but I'm sure we'll get it all straightened out soon.