For a few miles it actually felt cool this morning, and by "cool" I mean "not oppressively hot and humid." It didn't last, of course. There was the usual small group for the Friday ride today -- four in all -- and once we got up to 22-23 mph the pace just stayed there as riders took long pulls with a light wind at their backs. The ride back was much the same, but toward the end the wind, which by then was more or less a headwind, really started to pick up.
This afternoon I went in for an eye exam, largely to talk about options for riding. After explaining my desire to read my computer while at the same time be able to tell the difference between a pothole and a shadow, I was a little surprised that the recommendation was for multifocal contact lenses. I guess it's worth a try. I'm going in for a fitting in about a week. Personally, I'm giving it a 50/50 chance of success, but the other options aren't all that great either. On the plus side, my vision hasn't gotten a whole lot worse over the last two years so I'll hold off on getting new glasses for a while.
The La./Ms. criterium championship is this Sunday and for some reason the pre-registration numbers are looking really weak even though the location is more centrally located than it's been in a few years. I really don't understand why so many people are content to ride the weekend group rides rather than going to actual bike races. It's almost like using the word "race" automatically discourages a bunch of people. If it's a charity ride or gran fondo type of ride they all turn out and basically race anyway, albeit under considerably more hazardous conditions. Anyway, I'll probably be driving up to Alexandria around 4 am or something since I have to bring some of the necessary equipment, in particular the race clock and generator, both of which seem to have somehow recovered from their near-death experiences in the rain at the Tour de Louisiane.
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