Man, today's riding conditions were miserable ... easily the worst I've experienced since last winter.
For one thing, the Indian Summer weather we'd been experiencing until quite recently (even on Saturday, when I rode home from Dexter at noon, it was 80°) is now a distant, fading memory.
Additionally, we are in the midst of an all-day rain. Though it was not raining hard, it was very steady, and the fact that it had been going for hours meant that even though I waited until 12:45 to ride (52°), so that it had eased up a bit, the trail was quite waterlogged and the spray thrown up on me left the arms of the hoodie I wore drenched and cold. However, though the hoodie topped a pair of shorts, my legs were just fine.
So, in the end, I kept the ride quite short, doing just a single round trip to Marsh Park (though I tacked on a loop on Interfirst Drive and Whitmore Blvd. in oder to push my mileage over a new milestone), riding 10.9 miles in 1:12.
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