Mike's Bike Blog

One thing about Austin in March and April it rains. The storms can be quite strong with flash flooding. This year we've gotten off pretty light, the weather has been great for riding and last week we got into the 80's! Yesterday it was raining in the morning, but by the time I went for my lunch break ride it had stopped. I was disappointed, I love riding in the rain. I got lucky, about 3 miles into the ride it started to drizzle again. It quickly escalated into a full fledged downpour! I was getting pelted with huge raindrops, they actually stung a bit.

When I got home I was soaked, I wiped down my bike and changed. When I road the trainer last night my shoes were still wet. The rain made this rather mundane ride great.

Date/Time    Title    Distance    Calories    MovSpd    MaxSpd    ActiveTime    AvgHR    MaxHR    AvgCad    MaxCad    MaxGrd    +VAM    Duration    Climb
18-Mar-08 at 11:07:25AM    Twin Creeks 3 mile    9.22    478    16.63    27.56    00:33:16    142    165    81    115    15.8    1254.6    00:33:19    695.6
Lap 1 at 11:10:11AM        0.49    31    10.85    14.80    00:02:42    123    137    65    82    11.1    2325.7    00:02:45    104.7
Lap 2 at 11:18:32AM        2.54    128    18.26    24.62    00:08:21    149    164    83    102    10.4    634.5    00:08:21    88.3
Lap 3 at 11:20:15AM        0.50    25    17.34    20.84    00:01:43    144    159    87    98    2.2    772.3    00:01:43    22.1
Lap 4 at 11:24:20AM        1.09    53    16.08    23.85    00:04:05    134    154    81    99    11.7    1884.3    00:04:05    128.2
Lap 5 at 11:25:07AM        0.23    11    17.41    23.31    00:00:47    142    152    0    0    2.7    1088.3    00:00:47    14.2
Lap 6 at 11:26:06AM        0.21    15    12.76    13.66    00:00:59    148    164    91    98    2.8    2030.9    00:00:59    33.3
Finish at 11:40:44AM        4.16    212    17.06    27.56    00:14:38    143    165    80    115    15.8    1224.0    00:14:38    298.5