RIDE PAUSED.
IT WAS MORE THAN MISTY, LESS THAN RAINY, OCCASIONALLY DRIZZLY. About an hour in and my socks, gloves and butt were soaked. I wasn't cold, just drenched. My Wahoo screen's message was only a wish...
... RIDE AUTO-PAUSED.
While stopped at one of the few lights on the route, I thought to myself...
... I wish.
We rode on.
I would say it was more of a commitment to the plan than joy to be riding. A lot more. But, there was something else...
... something to be overcome.
First, there's the obvious If I can't handle the rain on a training ride, how am I gonna deal with it racing?
- Flats. We saw a lot of cats pulled over fixing flats. Fortunately, the four of us are all running tubeless set ups and this wasn't an issue.
- Traction. I dropped my PSI a bit and felt confident all day except one turn where I found myself on our extraslick road paint. A minor slip, a great reminder to stay off the paint, all paint.
- Being soaked sucks, but before long we adjust and adapt.
- Lube, my UFO lube got pretty noisy after 3 hours.
- Food. Still gotta eat and drink, but we drank a lot less - we weren't hammering.
- Glasses. Love my photochromatic lens for all light conditions.
Seeing far fewer riders on the today reminded me why the rain never bothers me in a race, because I know most aren't nearly as prepared...
... one of the greatest superpowers of all is experience.
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165.3
9 hrs (Vuelta induced nap)
PullUps 0 PushUps
20 min Stretch
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