It has continued to rain off and on for most of the afternoon, and looks to do so into the night and all day tomorrow. The bike course, which we drove as it began to rain, is going to be a challenge – lots of ups and down and some relatively rough roads. There’s one downhill & turn that’s actually marked “dangerous intersection” because several folks have fallen there in prior years and even broken some bones. And we get to ride it in the rain. I plan to go very slowly down that particular hill.
The water wasn’t that bad when I dipped a hand in, so I suspect that’ll be better than expected. The run will be out and back on the same road we start the bike course, some hills, some rough road, some gorgeous glimpses of Newfound Lake off to the side, but it’s a run, and running in the rain isn’t all that bad, unlike cycling in it.
It promises to be a memorable, if not perhaps the most enjoyable, race experience tomorrow.
