3-Day Report

Tuesday morning

I went out to the 6 am Tuesday levee ride without a plan. With just a tiny bit of lingering congestion, there was really no way to tell if I was up to the usual forty miles or not other than to jump back into it. It was still chilly, but a bit warmer, and there was hardly any wind, so those were good signs. I started the ride cautiously, taking shorter than normal pulls, which, considering how short my usual pulls are, were quite short. A few people were planning on turning back at Williams Blvd., so that became Plan B in case for some reason I wasn't feeling right. As it turned out, however, I was feeling pretty much normal. Granted, my legs were reminding me that I'd been off the bike a lot over the prior week, but all systems appeared to be functioning within normal parameters so when we came to Williams I went ahead and committed to the full ride. I think we were down to just four or five at that point, but fortunately none of them seemed interested in pushing the pace and we settled into a comfortable 22-23 mph rotation. I arrived back home feeling fine, and rushed off to work shortly thereafter.

Wednesday morning was even warmer. I think the temperature was around 61°F when I left for the WeMoRi. I'm still a little hesitant to risk being cold, so I was dressed more like it was 55°, which turned out to be just fine. There was a pretty big group when I latched onto it along Marconi. The pace didn't seem to be particularly fast today, so that worked in my favor since I am still trying to avoid any really huge efforts, just in case. Sitting toward the tail end of the group, though, I felt fine with the speeds. 

Right now it's looking like we will be able to get in the Thursday morning levee ride before the rain starts ahead of the next cold front. It should be around 70°F at 6:00 am, but with a 13 mph SSE wind. That means mostly crosswind conditions for most of the ride, which is never easy. After that it will probably be rain the rest of the day and into the night, and then falling temperatures and a 13 mph north wind by Friday morning.