I woke up early to get a jump on the bad weather that was being predicted for this afternoon. On the schedule for today- a “tune up” ride of sorts. An hour of easy riding interspersed with a couple of 3 min zone 5 efforts and some small ring sprints.<\/p>\n
During breakfast, I checked the weather- a couple of showers scattered across the area, but nothing too bad. When I left the house, no rain, but about 10 minutes later, some on & off showers began. As I progressed, the rain got more persistent- alternating between sprinkles & showers. Once, I found myself making a right turn too fast for the conditions (wet roads + 120psi don’t mix), and managed to fishtail. Good practice, maybe?<\/p>\n
I’d completed my two intervals and two sprints when I noticed an odd noise coming from my front tire. I thought I was having some brake rub problems (again), but, upon further inspection, found that something had embedded itself into my tire & the air was slowly (but steadily) leaking out.<\/p>\n
No fun!! I decided to limp home instead of fixing it in the rain, which eventually turned into a bit of lightning & a downpour when I was about 2 miles from home. Luckily, I managed to get home about the time the rim started to bottom out.<\/p>\n
Tapering- DONE. Next up- two very tough races :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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