Justin and me were going to leave this morning at 6am but he sent me a text and the weather looked like everything should clear by 8am so we decided to leave then. It was sprinkling when we left. We picked up Kim, a friend of Justin's on the way. We didn't get very far and the rain became pretty steady and with the wind blowing at 10-15mph, this was not going to be a fun ride. My plan called for 3 hours of moderate riding with 3 five minute hard efforts. That plan went out the window. It was pretty slick out there so I just tried to maintain a steady pace and steer clear of slick spots, puddles, and slowed down on corners. I almost lost my rear wheel a couple of time when I really stood on the pedals. I took a stinger waffle with me and honey stinger gels. One bottle of Accelerade and one bottle of water. I didn't need to refill the bottles. We seemed to be taking in water whether we wanted or not from the rain. I did stay on top of the gel and ate the waffle at about the 2 hour mark. The rain finally died down at the end of the ride. I did not really have a choice about riding today. I need all of the time I can get so I had to move ahead today. I'm glad Justin and Kim wanted to stick it out today. That was a character building ride today. I'm glad to be done with it. It's rained for about 2 straight days now. Hopefully, this all goes away today.
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