Rain again

Got in a nice ride this morning of about 53 miles. It was a little longer than I was planning and it was a lot faster than I really wanted but it was a training ride and I needed to continue improving my endurance. The nice thing was that I stayed with the main group all the way to Frierson and I-49. After that the pace was a little slower and I found myself working a little harder to stay in. I couldn't complain...surprisingly, my legs feel pretty good right now (we'll see how they feel in the morning). I'm looking at doing the Racing Rapides Stage Race in Alexandria in two weeks and use it only as a training race and putting no pressure on myself to do all that well. Get some experience basically and that'll be fine. I hope I can get enough riding in before that to survive the whole weekend! A week later is Tour de Louisiane down in Covington and I'd like to do that race, too. It's been 4 years since I was last down there. We'll see how it goes.

Tomorrow morning Jonnene will be participating in the second of the Sunrise Triathlon Series and we hope the rains hold off a bit. Some time back the first race was canceled because of a huge storm that blew thru and Sunday's race could be similiar. I'm helping out to do the transition area setup and cheer The Wife on. I think she'll do pretty well but we'll have to see how her hip holds up in the run.

The threat of rain is here with us the next few days and I'm getting tired of it. I need several days in a row of dry weather so I can spend some serious time out in the yard. I can't do much when everything's soaked.