LOL! Yeah, I got to the office after a 50 minute ride yesterday - with the brown dirty streak up my back and chest, mud spatters on my face, glasses smudged, - my socks, white when I started were a soggy gray. The woman from the office down the hall laughed when she saw me!

I hung stuff on the back of the door, over the spare computer, the door handle, shoes propped up against the wall, and as I sipped my hot coffee, after having donned clean dry clothes and shoes, I had a chuckle too.

Ahh, the joys of off-season training!

PoC

Ugh! Yesterday here, and the day before, and the day before, and the day before.......

Na, I got that from the internet. It's the Granville Bridge coming into the center of the City about over 6th Ave. I take the sidewalks of all bridges all the time. Buggers here target you. EVERY day I have a "'Near Miss" Man, do I have stories! Stop signs?? What are those? People don't even acknowledge those! We have had some spooky days of rain lately. I think, well, I KNOW it's just gonna get worse. My prediction is worse weather than last year. Rain, rain and more rain. S'ok though. I have all the stuff I need to ride anywhere. Any time on a bike is a good time. :-)

We've been lucky here so far. With trying to get 200km bricks in for IM FLA, rain would definetely dampen my spirits! Looks like this sat will be nice for my death ride (220km). so far I've only been rained on once since August! I must have horseshoes!

If the weather gods give me one more good weekend after this one I will build a small temple (or something equally as ridiculous) in their honour:>

Syd, you are a trooper all the best for a successful T-giving this weekend. AND you can eat much, much, much after the ride!!

Britt, it's been terrible riding in this crap. I hate all seasons except summer :-P Are you still riding? How 'bout Tony?

Tell him Hi, and good for him. Keep it up!

Welcome to the northwwest coast in fall and winter!!

you guys just need to carry umbrellas, the spare's for when you need that extra little bit of traction.

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Dude, it's geeky and not too good in the aero position! Remember it's ALL about how you look.! LOL!

You mean something like this??

I don't mind drafters as long as they pull me eventually. You know, share (I watched Sesame Street as a kid).

To stay on topic and not hyjack poor tri-ac's thread I thought I'd share the following fenders with y'all. They are all I use. Quick on and off as we ride.

I love'sm and they are easily put into the backpack when roads are dry. They come as a pair (front and back). I use a splash gaurd on the fixie cause the space from the wheel to the tube is too narrow, btw that's an old pick of the fixie. Works just as well.

so I head out for my run today (12 miles). The hail at mile 3 should have been my queue to turn around--but no. Soon after hail turned to a TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR. By mile 5 I was SOAKED. Then rain turned to hail again. Finally by the time I was 2 miles from home I needed SUNGLASSES! WHAT THE HECK! :eek:

PS BBB- those are the fenders I have on my commuter--really like them

RAIN both days up here--which means I need to get out and perhaps get some leaves up today(we have a tree next door that dumps tiny tiny leaves everywhere, and it has started again)

you're in DC and excited to be away from humidity? i guess that season just ended for you guys...i do NOT miss DC summers

Yes, but even though the rain is sort of sucky--we rarely get cold enough to have to run in anyting than shorts--my personal cut of is 40 deg. Other than last winter--most years I only need to don a pair of tights a handfull of days a winter. LOVE THAT,, also great for training for a January marathon, which I do annually. I dont mind running rain so much as biking, but even that is doable and you dont need to worry about slipping across the road and killing yourself! This means you can cycle through most of the winter!