Mid-Week on the Levee

Despite the darkness, the morning riding weather around here has been pretty damned nice lately. With temperatures in the lower 60s and no threat of rain, all sorts of riders are beginning to emerge from hibernation seeking group rides. The mid-week levee ride had over a dozen riders this morning, at least for a while, including a new guy from the west bank (Quentin), and a particularly smooth triathlete whose name I keep forgetting (Tulane med student). Even Clayton and Young Dan made appearances today. As has become traditional, the Wednesday ride was smooth paceline at what I'd call a nice, "brisk" pace. Easy to sit in, and just a little work while at the front. I guess we were typically rolling along at around 23 mph, give or take. Since the switch to DST, we've been starting pretty much in the dark and finishing with the sun right in our faces. Man, I can't wait until summer really starts and it's always warm and always light!

Yesterday Laura sent out an email telling everyone that the 2007 NOBC team kits had arrived and that she had sorted them out into everyone's individual orders. That is, except for the pieces that the manufacturer screwed up on, for which we'll have to wait a while. Those of us going to the stage race in S'port this weekend are scrambling to get hold of the new jerseys in time. I suppose I may go ahead and ride in the "really" old age group of 45+ for this one, since Mark D. is also riding in it. There's not much difference between the 35+ and 45+ races except that the 35+ gets to do an extra lap of the road course. I'm sure my lousy time trial will do me in anyway, regardless of which group I enter. I should probably try to find some fast wheels to borrow for that, but I'm sure I'll never get around to it.

I stayed up again last night and put the LCCS rankings up on the LAMBRA website and of course this morning found a number of errors. It's a real pain to do those rankings for the team events, especially when the official results get changed after you've already started. I'm sure there will be more changes as people get a chance to look at them later today.