I arrived at the meeting place and was happy to see a few others as optimistic as I.
The word was that the ride leader had cancelled the 70 mile 'A' ride, but several of us still wanted to go for a ride. I offered to lead a 50 miler - 5 die hard riders joined me.
1 rider (Andy) introduced himself as a former high school classmate of my 21 year old daughter. He had just qualified for Kona with his 4:45 finish at Eagleman. Nice.
Another rider is part of my Tri club - and works at my company - they would both be doing Philly Tri next week (I am so jealous).
It was a good start - no rain, everyone at roughly the same ability level - no stragglers. Andy was a beast on the uphills - taught me some humility.
10 miles in, the sky opened up and the roads turned to rivers. I had to take off my prescription glasses to see better. The rain was pelting us hard as we road down hills at 30mph.
At 15 miles in, I gave the group a bail out option to head for home. It was unanimous - we started to head back.
The rain slowed a bit, so I added on several loops to get in some extra miles. We finished with 35 miles under our belt - not bad for a rainy day!
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