Today, Stacy and I joined a couple hundred other riders on a short ride around Minneapolis, to kick off our pledge to ride our bikes every day in April. It was drizzly and 40 degrees when we met up on the big hill at Gold Medal Park and then assembled along the river.
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| Note unzipped right pocket, filling with water. Left pocket with electronics stayed relatively dry. |
Shortly after beginning, it began to rain in earnest. While I was feeling kind of miserable going over the Mississippi - and back - with a 25+ mph wind blowing sharp rain drops into my face, I passed a little kid on a tiny bike, his glasses full of rain drops, and realized I should grow up. Besides having decent rain gear, I've ridden in way worse.
Once we got onto the Cedar Lake Trail, the rain mostly had stopped.
From the Cedar Lake Trail, we took the Kenilworth Trail to the Midtown Greenway to the Hiawatha Trail back to Gold Medal Park and the MS Society's food truck-filled parking lot.
Today's ride was short - under 20 miles, but I feel sort of tired due to the cold, wet windy day. But it was similar to the first 75-mile day of the MS 150 last year, and we could face conditions like that again this year, so I should get used to riding in crummy weather again.
I forgot how variable spring can be. Yesterday, I took this shot of downtown from the Cedar Lake Trail, not realizing I'd be on the same trail again today.
The title of this post are some lyrics from Terence Trent D'Arby's Blame it on the Rain, which I thought were descriptive of Stacy's and my garb today. Go ahead, you know you want to relive the 80's. Listen. It's okay.
Unfortunately there's no video for Blame it on the Rain, but if you want to laugh, you can watch the video for Wishing Well (weird inserted dance shots, although he's good at the splits, but why is he wearing a sheriff's star?).
http://main.nationalmssociety.
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| Kenilworth Trail |
From the Cedar Lake Trail, we took the Kenilworth Trail to the Midtown Greenway to the Hiawatha Trail back to Gold Medal Park and the MS Society's food truck-filled parking lot.
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| Trying to look pensive, while striking an odd pose and showing off my yellow. |
Today's ride was short - under 20 miles, but I feel sort of tired due to the cold, wet windy day. But it was similar to the first 75-mile day of the MS 150 last year, and we could face conditions like that again this year, so I should get used to riding in crummy weather again.
I forgot how variable spring can be. Yesterday, I took this shot of downtown from the Cedar Lake Trail, not realizing I'd be on the same trail again today.
The title of this post are some lyrics from Terence Trent D'Arby's Blame it on the Rain, which I thought were descriptive of Stacy's and my garb today. Go ahead, you know you want to relive the 80's. Listen. It's okay.
http://main.nationalmssociety.
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