Well, it wasn’t raining when I started, but about the midpoint of today’s out and back ride, the rain decided it was time. Everything got wet. But the worst, I think, were my feet. I was wearing (stupid) cotton socks and they took the opportunity to quickly saturate. What made it better was the water they chose to soak in was grime occluded junk my tires decided to pick up off of the tarmac. Wonderful.

All that said, it was a great day. My out speed average was a respectable (for this trail, with its sharp turns and random street crossings, not to mention the plethora of idlers) 17.6 mph. Not bad at all, as my previous best time was 17.7. However, my in speed (it’s an out an back style ride) was a whopping 18.9 mph, a full 1.2mph faster than my previous best. This put my average speed for the entire ride at 18.2 mph, with a max of 36.4 (WHEEEEEE). and a total of 2521 calories burned. My max HR was 192, and average was 159. My GPS doesn’t record cadence, but I tried to keep it around 75 or so - that’s where I felt the best and most productive. My total riding time was 1:40:55.21 for 30.65 miles. All in all, a great day riding.

And the rain wasn’t even cold.