Isolated Showers

Wow…  I have my feet on the internet!  So anyway, I go out for my lunch ride today, just like any other day.  It’s hot. It’s sunny.  It’s Atlanta.  I roll out, all is well.  Legs are sore, things aren’t going well, but working through it.  I get to the end of Columns Drive and the road is wet.  Maybe these rich people get their roads washed?

I circle back and its getting oddly windy and gray.  It starts raining!  Not a lot, just a bit.  I don’t use my walkman on busy rides, but I do on Columns… there are no cars.  I don’t have a bag!  It was supposed to be clear.  I think quick, take off my seat bag, empty it into my pockets and shove the ipod in there.  Good thinkin, eh?  Well, at this point, its 4 miles back to work – going to get very wet.  I’ve only ridden about 6 miles.  Not a long ride if I go back, I am wet anyways… so I enjoy the rest of my ride.  Good deal!  Got in about 25 miles.  The rain only lasted about 15 minutes, poured really good.  The nice thing was I was wearing my Oakleys with “Hydrophobic Coating”  (That’s rainex for your sunglasses, I think).  It means the glasses don’t hold water on the lenses.  Dad is reading this and saying “It’s a gimmick”.  NOPE!  I was riding with another guy and I got right in behind him in a pouring rain.  The rooster tail was going right in my face and I have to tell you, I could SEE!  Once the rain eased off I wished I had the vented lenses as the fog was a bit cumbersome, but they were clear to the end of the ride.  INCREDIBLE!  Waterproof sunglasses, what will they think of next?

Oh… and based on the condition of my shoes, socks and feet, I don’t think they get their roads washed   The strange thing of it all… as I rode out of that area, it only rained on Columns Drive – how odd!