Thursday, August 7, 2008

21.3 miles. Dropped off a package on Haynes Bridge, then up (down?) Old Milton to Kimbell Br. where my left elbow was just *brushed* by the door mirror of some jerk in a PT cruiser. Lucky he was speeding too, otherwise I might have turned into him. Anywho, Kimbell Br up the GW and then Back down to Starbux (The manager, who is a neighbor, turned me on to the new Vivanno Banana Chocolate frozen drink, which I can actually have as part as my diabetic meal plan. Good and good for you!) Back up to Haynes Br, etc.
The last 2.5 miles were my fastest ride since about high school I think as the sky got dark and thunder from an approaching storm was almost continuous. I made it up the drive and into the garage not more than 20 seconds before it started pouring and a couple of minutes after *that* started hailing for a minute or two. I've been getting lucky missing rain...wonder when that's going to change. Not that I'm not prepared for it and better to be rained on in the summer then later this year.
Oh and I planned to ride at 10 Am, and actually made it out the door by 11...still pretty hot....it's going to be cooler the next couple of days since the storms rolled thru.

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