The Night Before
I had a great day a work on Friday and I knew the rain would break about 3-4 hours before I was supposed to ride the TOSRV. I was also overly confident that we would have a tailwind that would push me all the down to Portsmough. Current Score: Graydon 1 for the rain stopping, Weather 1 for the head/crosswinds that blew all freaking day. I had a great meal and tried to go to bed around 10 since I would be waking up at 5:30am. 10 turned into 11, and 11 quickly became 12. I finally got to sleep just after midnight.
The Morning of...
I woke feeling pretty good and excited about the day. I didn't feel all that tired and I had so meticulously prepared for the day that I was calm. I packed up my car and headed downtown to meet up with the group I was riding with for the TOSRV. While driving down 670 I took this picture:
About this time I realized that I forgot my water bottles in the fridge and it was official that I was going to be late. I turned around and drove like a mad man to get home and grab my bottles. I left and was on the road again. Then I turned around again because I forgot my Cliff Bars ( white chocolate macadamia nut is the greatest energy bar ever!). So once I actually had everything that I needed, I was on the road and it was 6:50am. We were supposed to leave 7 from downtown. I call my friends and apologized for being late and to be honest I felt like a total ass. When I finally got to where I was supposed to be I was all stressed and was off to a great start. Oh and it was in the high 40's and winds gusting up to 40 mph. At this point the score is now Graydon 1, Weather 2. Spoiler alert, I don't score anymore points against the weather for the rest of the weekend.
The description of the happening of the ride will be in the next blog and should be up within the next few days.
