Rain - gotta love it

So this really isn't rain by most standards. It is just wet. But that's how it rains in Seattle. Just enough precipitation coming out to make you fight your windshield wiper settings.

Like out here this morning. Or last night.

The Mark Nicholson Memorial Smack Down was great. Smaller turnout but still a couple a smaller lighter guys to kill me on the hills. That worked out okay. I worked my ass at my limit on the rises they attacked me on and they held a steady slower pace till I caught back on and then I just kept the intensity up and rolled past and they jumped on. I got a solid steady race pace effort in (make note - races with hills are really going to suck for me), and then.

Another rear wheel 'essploded'. Just like my rear wheel spoke destruction Brentani blew a spoke on his Ritchey wheel at the top of a climb sprinting for KOM points against Nate. I heard the bang clatter clatter clatter.

Not again.

Third rear wheel to be toasted on this ride. The roads aren't excessively bumpy or rough. There's just one hell of a lot of hard attacks and sprints along the way, and a lot of them up hill. Bring your heavy duty indestructo wheels on this ride. I am now, and I'm paying for it (by lugging the extra weight).

We weren't quite half way and after releasing the brakes a bit there was no rubbing but the choice was made to turn around and head back on the same route. We weren't quite half way so we just headed back.

still a great ride. I had the clip on bars on to get comfortable in the TT position, we'll see if I actually can make it to the TT tomorrow night. Fingers crossed.

This morning was pure zone 2, mellow, recovery, slow, mostly aero position to work on the comfort a bit, went to the smallest gear for every climb, and just rode easy all the way in, as steady state as I can get. And with the exception of three small little "hills" (not really but short and steep does take effort so i'm still calling em hills) it is flat anyway.

Really flat. Realized that on the way in. Thinking about finding some hills near the house to do some repeats for cross if I start running this year, and there are none. totally flat. good and bad I guess. nice that i can have a predictable cool down and warm up leaving the house. bad, well bad no hills to do repeats on. At least the roads aren't near as bad as most of the ones in Maine.

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