Our Winter rains showed up big time last Thursday. It rained all day so I rode indoors on my trainer. This was surprisingly relaxing because I treated at as a meditation, riding with my eyes closed, which is OK on a trainer. Since then the rain was on and off and I sneaked in outdoor rides as I could with my rain gear, which works fine if it’s only lightly raining. I try to avoid heavier rain as it can hurt get pelted in the face when you’re riding at a decent clip.
I was hoping for good weather last Tuesday as I was leading our group ride, pinch-hitting for our normal leader Kris while she’s on travel. We lucked out and had a pretty nice day for the ride, which went up in the hills Southwest of Morgan Hill and down to the sports complex in Gilroy on some good bike paths before returning. We got sprinkled on a bit on the way back but not too badly. Then Wednesday it was cloudy with no rain so I was able to get a longer and harder ride in. Yesterday we had some showers during my ride, which cleared up later, and now we have 6 days of sun forecast. All in all it was a fun week of riding and dodging raindrops. We got about four inches total in this set of storms, for about 5 1/2 this season total, a good early start.
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