An early start for me on Saturday. I was up, had breakfast and was on the bike by 6:15am to meet David in front of my house. He and I were going to ride to the 7:00am group ride. It is amazing the difference in the amount (lack) of daylight at 6:15 in the morning this time of year. I am glad David showed up because when I was getting my bike ready, I noticed my taillight was not working. I put new batteries in and it still did not work. Since he showed up, he could ride behind me with his taillight flashing.
It was a great turn-out for the ride at All About Bicycles. The group was 15 strong, despite the forecast bad weather. The cloud cover helped keep the RealFeel temperature down and the humidity didn't seem too bad either.
At the end of the ride, the store provided fresh muffins and drinks. David and I headed back to my house. There was light rain now. As we neared Knollwood on Grelot, the bottom dropped out of the sky. I don't think I have ever ridden in rain that was this bad. That didn't bother me too much so we kept on riding. I began to worry though when severe lightning started popping from the sky. We decided to take shelter at Bicycles of Mobile on Cottage Hill Road until the storm passed.
I learned later while watching the news, that a house off of Knollwood was struck by lightning and received severe fire damage.
40.5 miles - 13.6 avg speed - avg hr 139 bpm - max hr 175 bpm - 3,040 calories burned
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