I sacked out early last night after finally getting my antique home printserver working again, eating shrimp étouffée and salad, drinking altogether too much wine with some of the neighbors, and subsequently blowing off a couple of little tasks that are still hanging over my head. It was, therefore, quite the heavy lift to get myself over to the levee in time for the morning training ride. The air was noticeably cooler today, hovering around the 60º mark, the wind was calm, and the sky was clear. I pulled on two jerseys just to make the ride out there a bit more cozy, knowing full well that I'd be hot by the time I got home. The group was fairly large for a Wednesday, but as I said, the weather was awesome.
We rolled out a couple of minutes after sunrise and soon blended into a steady paceline with the speed creeping up, ever so gradually, from 20 to 24 mph. Mignon had told us she needed to be at work down on Magazine Street by 8 am, so although we weren't hammering by any means, we didn't dawdle at the turnaround. Even though we had to stop for a couple of minutes while a big street-sweeper cleaned the road over the levee that goes to the riversand place (most of the sand ended up in the air, or our lungs), we were back around 7:45 which should have left plenty of time. I, however, had been dreaming about a cup of coffee since I'd walked out the door, so I headed straight for Zotz. By the time I walked in the door Mattie already had my customary small cup of dark roast sitting on the counter. Perhaps I should start mixing it up a bit with some iced coffee this summer. I am such a creature of habit.
As I sat outside on Oak Street with my coffee in one hand and my blackberry in the other, I got an email from Rich, the promoter of this weekend's Tour leFleur, asking whether or not it was possible to move the races from Saturday to Sunday. I called him back and told him it wasn't a problem on my end, but he needed to confirm the availability of officials, courses and volunteers, and would need to check with USAC about getting the date changed on the event permit. He'd also need to offer refunds to anyone who pre-registered. The weather forecast for Saturday in Jackson, MS is looking pretty bad, but Sunday is expected to be great, so despite the obvious confusion that such a last-minute date change may cause, I suspect it will turn out to have been the right call considering that the main event is a criterium. Anyway, no official word from him yet.
This evening we're trying to pull together a Tulane Cycling ride leaving from campus at 6 pm. Hopefully we'll get a decent turnout and this will evolve into a regular Wednesday evening ride. Should be interesting anyway.
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