Well... The winds were high, the rain was cold, and the riders were few. 3 of us started from Super Lo today headed into the wind. Only one returned. Sounds ominous, huh?
We decided to head into the wind first so we would have it at our backs on the return ride. Somewhere on Shady Grove it started raining. With the wind driving the rain, it felt like little pin pricks hitting my face.The temperature was dropping, the rain was getting heavier, and the wind was strong. Lovely.
None of us drove cars to the start of the ride-- we all ride bikes there. I discovered a distinct advantage to not driving to Super Lo for the ride. One rider veered off the route at Kirby and Wolf River Boulevard-- I think that is about at the 5 mile mark. I think he was headed to a friends house. He was in shorts-- I was pretty cold and I had leg warmers on, so I figured he wasn't exactly toasty. The other rider lived in Germantown off of Poplar Pike, so we just rode there.It was a struggle at times to even do 15 mph in those headwinds.
So, there I was, somewhere on Poplar Pike. I get my office mail at the UPS Store by Super Lo, so I wanted to return to the shopping center. I cut over to Quince.
At one point I had a pure tailwind-- I think it was 100% behind me-- that was fun.
Cold rainy 26 miles.
