I had a nice ride on a day that I thought I wouldn't even ride. I've been struggling with the heat and humidity which has been going on for over a week. My DH sort of forced me out, saying we would go slowly. So we chose our shadiest local route and off we went. The sun had gone in shortly after we left, thankfully. Although it was only 82, the humidity was 75%. As we started, I remembered a guy from our club was leading a ride in the area today, which goes up our street. We saw a few people from the ride, going in the other direction, but there just seemed to be a lot of riders out, and not the people we usually see. Then we stopped for a shady drink and saw a support tent set up in Carlisle, near the school. There was an MS ride going through all of our favorite streets! I had seen nothing publicized about this ride, I only knew about their Cape Cod and NH rides. Anyway, near Great Brook Farm we got rained on, which felt good and it only lasted about 5 minutes. After leaving this area, we headed into Chelmsford for a bit and saw many riders on the MS ride, followed by a couple of support vehicles. As we got within 3 miles of the house, it started sprinkling again and within 15 minutes of us getting home, a deluge opened up, with plenty of thunder and lightening. We timed it perfectly, but I felt bad for those MS riders.
About 24 miles. Am anxiously awaiting the return of cool and dry late summer conditions on Monday.