In St. Louis we have been very lucky--however, there is still a lot of local flooding from Ike and the huge rainfall/flooding in Chicago coming down river. All of our normal long routes are flooded, including our daily park loop. It reminds us that our daily bike rides are being interrupted, but we are still very lucky compared to others that were hit much worse. (Our first century is in jeopardy--TrailNet's offices were flooded and damaged the equipment they use for races, including the power bars that were already ordered).

As a result, we've had to ride more road routes around our house--with many more rolling hills. After the second day in a row, my legs were tired. But DH walked in the house after and said, "You're keeping up a good pace--to drop you I had to go to 'pain speed.'"

I think there was a compliment in there somewhere

(And the rain forecast for the weekend has missed us!)