Sunday, March 14, 2010

Way Up North

That missing hour of sleep hit me pretty hard this morning, but somehow I managed to drag myself out of bed anyway. My legs were feeling surprisingly good, and even better, the forecast was calling for a high in the 70s. Of course, it was still kind of chilly when I left the house, but I wasn't really prepared for the dramatic temperature drop way up north in Mandeville. By the time I arrived at Lee Road Junior High, the thermometer had dropped down to 40. But hey, the sun was out and the wind fairly light, so I dressed a little more lightly that I otherwise would.


We had a nice little group of maybe seven or so today, and a nice little tailwind as we headed north toward Enon. For some reason, I wasn't really feeling up going for any of the usual sprints today, but otherwise I felt pretty good. Early in the ride, Jaro broke a spoke on his Mavic wheel and because they use a special spoke wrench, we couldn't really do much about it except loosen the brake cable. I was kind of surprised that the wheel survived the ride just fine, even though Jaro went for a couple of the sprints.

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