I got home from work and did the things that needed to be done before I got out on the bike and realized that I was going to get real soggy riding. Here in New England, I think it has been raining now for about the past 25 days. Every morning when I wake up, I hope that a little sunlight will poke through, but no such luck.
I grabbed all my gear and got mentally prepared to get wet. And get wet I did. I think the hardest thing about riding in the rain is that first 2 minutes of pedaling. No one likes to get wet, so when those first handful of wet leaves smack your arms, it is no fun. Same with the spray off the wheels. The first 2 minutes, you can feel the water soaking in and it isn’t fun. But once you are already wet for 5 minutes, it really isn’t so bad.
The plan from coach was to just head out and keep the heart rate down, trying to help out with recovery. Normally, I would take the road machine out, but I just put on my new gear combo and I wanted to see how it was. Not too bad. I went out to the flattest trails that I know and just spun the legs over. It was nice. There is nothing wrong just going out for a fun ride and not needing to follow the numbers.
