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Train day, Rain Day

All things considered - I'm talking weather wise - training this week has been pretty good! Even though it's been 50 and rainy I've still managed to sneak in some bike rides and runs in between heavy rain showers, and I only got caught once!
It was actually pretty funny. On Monday Chris and I headed out to the Quabbin to get some serious hill repeats in - and I mean serious. The climb to the top of the hill at the Quabbin usually takes well over ten minutes to get to and at my hardest I'm climbing around 9 mph. Not saying I'm the best hill climber but I'm pretty decent - it's definitely hard. We usally do about 2 or 3 of them and then hit it hard on the 7 mile ride home.
This time it was drizzling when we got to the hill, raining harder on the way up, and by the time we were heading down it was coming down in sheets. We literally biked home in flood waters and showers. There was nothing we could do but laugh!
By the time we got home it looked like we had jumped in a lake - but hey, training is training. You have to learn how to handle your bike in any weather, so I guess this was our rain day.

love love love,
katie

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