mimitabby
02-25-2007, 02:34 PM
Today i didn't want to ride. Rain was forecast, and low 40's temp.
We went to breakfast with the club, and everyone groused and whined
and thrreatened "Well, i'm not riding very far today"
so we were off. Got on the burke gilman trail in spitting rain. The wind wasn't up, and so we warmed up nicely from our own work. It was exhilerating because I was staying right up there with everyone else (okay, i was bringing up the rear, but I could actually hear them talking. Then we went up the hill in Juanita and it started to rain. By the time we got to the top of the hill, it was REALLY raining, so the "fun" downhill was pretty wet and scary. I couldn't see well because of all the dirty water on my glasses, and I was afraid that cars couldnt see me either. But we did it.
THen we got back onto the trail and at about 34 miles I was getting tired. Stopped for a minute and ate a bar of something, and got back on the bike (now completely wet) and finished the ride.
When we had gotten back to Gasworks Park, it was raining pretty steady. I was no longer wearing the glasses, i couldn't see with the foggy dirty things. My DH wanted to go for sushi, so with an extraordinary act of courage and good will, i rode past all our friends who were putting their bikes into their cars and going home; and we rode another 1/2 mile in the rain to FReemont and ate at Blue C sushi. It was delicious and fast and in no time we finished the last 1/2 mile and racked up 41.3 miles for a cold rainy february day
We went to breakfast with the club, and everyone groused and whined
and thrreatened "Well, i'm not riding very far today"
so we were off. Got on the burke gilman trail in spitting rain. The wind wasn't up, and so we warmed up nicely from our own work. It was exhilerating because I was staying right up there with everyone else (okay, i was bringing up the rear, but I could actually hear them talking. Then we went up the hill in Juanita and it started to rain. By the time we got to the top of the hill, it was REALLY raining, so the "fun" downhill was pretty wet and scary. I couldn't see well because of all the dirty water on my glasses, and I was afraid that cars couldnt see me either. But we did it.
THen we got back onto the trail and at about 34 miles I was getting tired. Stopped for a minute and ate a bar of something, and got back on the bike (now completely wet) and finished the ride.
When we had gotten back to Gasworks Park, it was raining pretty steady. I was no longer wearing the glasses, i couldn't see with the foggy dirty things. My DH wanted to go for sushi, so with an extraordinary act of courage and good will, i rode past all our friends who were putting their bikes into their cars and going home; and we rode another 1/2 mile in the rain to FReemont and ate at Blue C sushi. It was delicious and fast and in no time we finished the last 1/2 mile and racked up 41.3 miles for a cold rainy february day