Saturday morning saw the first in the winter training series rides that SIR run each year. A group of about 50 people showed up to the start at Sammamish Valley Cycle and we went for a 40 mile loop. The route itself had been re-planned at the last moment due to extensive flooding in WA last week. Unfortunately (for me) this meant we had to get above the flooded roads and thus a fair bit more climbing was involved to get to the proverbial “high road”. My pace was pretty slow but I plodded along and finished eventually.
It helped reinforce the decision to start commuting by bike again and so I picked up some waterproof panniers to carry my laptop safely and fixed up my bike for Monday’s commute. Hopefully a couple of weeks of daily riding will get my legs back to flying up these early season hills.
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