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I've Got Something to Say
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| Ride Stats |
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Time: 02:18:26
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Distance:
35.76 miles
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Max Speed:
31.80 mph
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Avg Speed:
15.50 mph
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Altitude Gain:
0 ft
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Route:
Berkley/Overland Loop/BMAC/Chabonier/N Flor
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Weight:
0
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Category: training: general -
solo
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Terrain: Road: Hills
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Bike: Fuji Newest Road
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Club: None |
| Weather Conditions: upper 50's to lower 60's
rain for a small stretch heading N on Brown, roads wet most of the way from there
Wind: calm - most flags were showing no signs of any wind
very pleasant |
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When I got up this morning, I pulled up the weather page on the internet and had the TV set to stations showing the news hoping to catch a weather report w/today's forecast. Things were looking iffy - rain was moving through SW MO toward the STL region, so it was just a matter of when & where it would hit. The radar showed that rain was over the area, but I think it wasn't hitting the ground, yet.
I decided to make a go of and see how much I could get in. As I started the ride, heading east on Pershall, the sky was mostly clear to the east, as opposed to the dark clouds back to the west. The sky continued to look promising as I headed south on Hanley and then on Brown the sky continued to look favorable - even with a few drops of rain hitting me as I rolled down Brown by the airport.
After completing the Overland loop and I rolled north on Brown along the airport I started to encounter some light rain that started to get a little more intense - some of the drops felt like pea size hail. The rain subsided as I continued onto McDonnell Blvd and darted onto Banshee. That was all the rain I encountered - it had scooted out of the area, so all I had to deal with was wet roads.
Then as I was coming into the home stretch, I must have found a sharp object as I approached Lindbergh - I had a flat rear tire. When Itook off the tire and aired up the tube to find the whole so I could identify the area of the tire to inspect in order to verify the foreign object was no longer embedded in the tire, it was a trick to pump enough air into the tube to keep it inflated - the puncture was just big enough to let all the air out of the tire as fast as I could pump it in. I was then able to inspect the area of the tire and could see the puncture in it and there was no long any debris in it. I put a new tube in, pumped it up and was able to finish the last 5+ miles of the ride. By this time the sky was mostly sunny and it was making my arm warmers feeling very warm.
I left this morning hoping for a 35 mile ride before the rain moved in. Well my ride was 35 miles. I'm really glad I got out and started my ride - I was prepared to cut it short should the weather take a turn for the worse, but it never came to that. As is the case many times, getting started is the hardest part.
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