After being convinced that I wouldn't get to ride this weekend due to the weather, the rain broke for the afternoon - so took my Trek to Eagle Creek Park and put 15 miles on her. I wanted to hit one of my country roads but as that is a 20 mile loop I didn't want to get caught in the rain more than a couple of miles from my car.

It was a great ride, and focused on shifting properly - and can now shift uphill At some point I learned something wrong about shifting and was actually making things HARDER in the hills, not easier. It makes things more interesting when you are the one teaching yourself how to do something

The weather was coolish, no sun, and very odd clouds, but the nice thing about the weather is that there were very few cars, walkers, joggers, or even other cyclists. For the most part I had the beautiful park to myself. I would have at least ridden 20 miles but my LHT was waiting for me at the LBS after his free 30-day tuneup and I figured the rain was going to return at some point - and it is supposed to return with t-storms. 15 miles seemed enough for today.